Comment by corethree
2 years ago
Everything on the face of the earth falls under philosophy. It's the biggest non-category ever.
I'm basically talking about "philosophy" the way the book uses the word. Which in short is just the authors opinionated take on software masquerading as something a bit more "official" then just an opinion. I mean would you call your own opinions on software design a "philosophy"?
Yes probably. The only real difference between an opinion and a philosophy are the number of people that believe it.
You can only have this take if you know absolutely nothing about philosophy.
Ad hominem and an argument from authority in one breath. Or to summarize: Irrelevant.
Right, what about "formal theory"? Let's say number theory? That's a concept independent of belief. And that's the difference I'm getting at here.
Formal theories are not independent of belief at all! They are based upon axioms, which are the beliefs that must be true in order for the formal theory to be useful.
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