I Teach the Humanities, and I Still Don’t Know What Their Value Is

Stanford University Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Einstein’s Philosophy of Science

Albert Einstein (1879–1955) is well known as the most prominent physicist of the twentieth century. His contributions to twentieth-century philosophy of science, though of comparable importance, are less well known. Einstein’s own philosophy of science is an original synthesis of elements drawn from sources as diverse as neo-Kantianism, conventionalism, and logical empiricism, its distinctive feature being its novel blending of realism with a holist, underdeterminationist form of conventionalism.

Every university philosophy department teaches the philosophy of science. Okay, quit blathering nonsense.
 
If I said that guys go to college to get laid, would you think that was a "valid observation," or a snotty comment by a man-hating woman?

They generally don't. But many women do go to college to find a suitable husband. It is a valid strategy for that purpose too. It isn't a "snotty comment" but a rational one. If you were a female and wanted to get married to a reliable, productive, and well-off man, chances are much greater of finding one on a college campus than in a dive bar. Getting a liberal arts education to put yourself in a better position at the same time is a double win.
 
Stanford University Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Einstein’s Philosophy of Science

Albert Einstein (1879–1955) is well known as the most prominent physicist of the twentieth century. His contributions to twentieth-century philosophy of science, though of comparable importance, are less well known. Einstein’s own philosophy of science is an original synthesis of elements drawn from sources as diverse as neo-Kantianism, conventionalism, and logical empiricism, its distinctive feature being its novel blending of realism with a holist, underdeterminationist form of conventionalism.


Every university philosophy department teaches the philosophy of science. Okay, quit blathering nonsense.

You said Einstein wasn't philosophy.


A philosophy of science is not an undergraduate elective philosophy class. At best, it's an upper division class only philosophy majors might take.

A class about Einstein's philosophy of science would put people in the chairs, even non-philosophy majors if presented as a survey course.

If you want to save philosophy departments, you do not need to worry about upper division classes only a handful of philosophy majors take. You need interesting survey course electives that would appeal to the college Community at large.
 
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