Modern programming requires you to be a philosopher: you have to understand what the world is made of and how those things interact to model them in code.
Computer Programming Is Practical Philosophy
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Tag: Plato
Idea: Reductionism is incompatible with one form of generalism, but not the other. Reductionists believe reality is at the bottom. You don’t really exist. You are just your parts,…
It does, and everyone (from Plato and Aristotle to you) agrees. In this post, we explore the various ways of dividing reality into different levels.
Have you ever noticed how important “realness” is to musicians these days? Listening to a rap song, you’d think you were listening to Boethius or…
We’ve got one more saxophone revival song left to do, but I’ve got a different issue on my mind today, so please forgive a quick…
Last time we talked about “Thrift Shop,” by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. This time, we talk about “Wut,” which Le1f claims M&RL ripped off to…
Top 40 Philosophy: Notorious B.I.G., “Big Poppa/Warning”
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Background If people know anything about rap, it’s that there’s some kind of feud between East Coast and West Coast rappers. Or, at least, there…
Top 40 Philosophy: Seether, “Same **** Life”
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Today we have a song by the grunge revivalists from South Africa who call themselves “Seether.” Song #4 on Billboard’s “Mainstream Rock Songs” chart is…
Top 40 Philosophy: Jessie J, Ariana Grande, & Nicki Minaj, “Bang Bang”
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Okay, there’s no avoiding it this time. “Bang Bang,” by Jessie J, Ariana Grande, and Nicki Minaj, is at #8 this week, and we’ve already…
Top 40 Philosophy: DJ Khaled, “I’ll Hold You Down”
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This week on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart, DJ Khaled’s “I’ll Hold You Down” is #1. The song features Chris Brown, August Alsina, Future, and…
Top 40 Philosophy: Meghan Trainor, “All About That Bass”
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In this, the second installment of “Top 40 Philosophy,” we turn to this week’s #2 song on Billboard’s Hot 100: Meghan Trainor’s “All About That…