From: Spike Jones (spike66@attglobal.net)
Date: Mon Dec 24 2001 - 18:17:40 MST
"Robert J. Bradbury" wrote:
> > Anders: Don't take it wrong, but your engineering perspective makes you miss a
> > reference that is glaringly obvious to anyone involved in philosophy,
> > especially political philosophy.
>
> Anders, Anders, Anders... the *average* person has virtually no education
> in "philosophy" (at least here in America).
Roger that. Anders and Greg Burch have helped me realize that what
we call higher education in the states is actually mostly vocational training.
Engineering, accounting, computer science, etc are obvious examples,
but if one looks at the other majors available in a typical American
college, they are nearly all direct job training. Indeed, philosophy has
come to be looked upon with undisguised disdain in many academic
circles. spike
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