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Why does science need philosophy?

Many people nowadays are not convinced about why we need philosophy at all. It may have its use historically in providing the preambles of all the other fields of knowledge we have, but that has since been surpassed. Each year newspaper articles appear, calling for the shutdown of the obligatory Ex.Phil-course at Norwegian universities. A main argument is that the content of the course is…
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Hva burde vi lære barna?

Anders Torp fortsetter sitt regelmessige oppgjør med sin egen fundamentalistiske oppdragelse. Man kan ha all mulig sympati med hans vonde oppvekstvilkår og rette ditto kritikk mot faren. Men når oppgjøret alltid skal tas i full offentlighet, kan man jo lure på om…
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Nietzsche on morality without God and English flatheads

They are rid of the Christian God and now believe all the more firmly that they must cling to Christian morality. That is an English consistency; we do not wish to hold it against little moralistic females a la Eliot. In England one must rehabilitate oneself after every…
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