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What are some /lit/ books whose main themes involve discussions about science, ethics in science, philosophy of science, philosophy of mathematics etc?

>> No.11248272

>>11248263
Philosophy is gay

>> No.11248279

>>11248272
Philosophy was solved a long time ago by a guy named Wittgenstein, but philosophy of mathematics, philosophy of quantum theory and the philosophy of spacetime are still areas with lots of research and all also concern science itself.

>> No.11248305

>>11248263
The book Shinsekai Yori, also adaptated in a manga and a 25 episodes anime.

>> No.11248316

>>11248305
Is it as good as Steins Gate?

>> No.11249236

Bump

>> No.11249515

>>11248263
Science does not need literature; literature is for baby boomers who like to spend their whole day smoking weed and speaking about communism and stuff. Or to those bohemian zoomies who just wonder about stupid ideas that do not have any relevance at the end of this era. Who cares about the rights of [insert opressed demographic]? It's not like they are going to make us go to Mars or create new technologies. Who cares about the perspective of some who from 3 centuries ago in regards to religion, science, or life itself? It's not like it fucking matters I still live life however I want. In most sense I could also argue that morals and ethics should not be taken as seriously as many people claim, as they are entirely useless and trample on what should be a straight road of technological and scientific advances.

I don't care about the fiction, the overtought and the essential. I care about what I can touch, what I can see, and what I can understand. That is what science is about, and combining it with literature only yields overall ignorance.

>> No.11249639

>>11249515
I can appreciate that science is concerned with what immediately is present in a very material sense, but it's clear that there's more to the human experience than that. Science can tell us what and how, but philosophy helps us decide whether to or not and why. Walking carefully is better than running the wrong way, even on what seems like a straight road.

That all said, philosophy of science or mathematics beyond that isn't really useful or important or all that complicated. It deserves pamphlets, not literature. It ranges from an intellectual distraction that at least supports a coherent worldview, to naval gazing and witch doctorism. Society doesn't work without morality, but ethics in science is generally just informed by a wider moral framework, which doesn't need any special adaptation to scientific study.

I don't need to understand anything beyond the most basic moral awareness to know that Unit 731 acted immorally, and their experiments accomplished little that couldn't have been found more decently.

>> No.11249697

>>11249515
based

>> No.11249706

>>11248263
/sci/ /lit/ /fit/ /x/ /ic/ /g/ /his/ are all great. Even /k/, /diy/ /3/, and /biz/ are cool. 4chan is actually a high tier learning source if used properly.

>> No.11249711

>>11249515
Are you serious? Do tell, what of Euclids Elements? Archimedes's Scientific Works? Copernicus Heavenly Spheres? Kelper's Epitome Of Copernican Astronomy? Vinci's Notebook? Newton's Opticks or Principia? Gilbert On The Loadstone? Galileo Two New Sciences? Harvey On The Motion Of Blood?
Darwin's Decent Of Man and The Origin Of Species? Whitehead's Introduction To Mathematics? What about all the scientific and medical textbooks?

>> No.11249722

>>11249515
You sound like such a deep, enlightened person, I'll bet all the girls in your high school are clamoring to talk to you

>> No.11251070

Bump

>> No.11251137

>>11248263
anything by greg egan

>> No.11251144

>>11248316
Shinsekai Yori and Steins Gate are my favorite animes. I liked both of them, but I think they are very different.
Shinsekai Yori is originally a book, so you don't find anime stereotypes and not many even in the anime. It has a sad, calm, natural and serious atmosphere, there are no really funny or happy moments. The story has a lot of details, and isn't not too much surnatural, things are well explained or you can guess.

>> No.11251243
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11251243

anons....I'm legitimately in love with her

>> No.11251776

>>11249706
God Tier - /sci/, /g/, /lit/, /ic/, /out/

Elder Dragon Tier - /vr/, /diy/, /his/, /a/, /jp/, /int/, /an/, /ck/

Human Tier - /v/, /vg/, /pol/, /tv/, /k/, /sp/, /x/, /adv/, /fit/, /mu/

Orc Tier - /lgbt/, /b/, /c/, /m/ and the other NSFW boards that everybody knows.

>> No.11251873

>>11251243
That is very cute.

>> No.11251916

>>11251243
"She" is a 2d drawing on your computer screen. Grow the fuck up.

>> No.11252051

>>11249515
ignorance like this is exaclty why we need literature. point in fact: thinking that scientific advance is a
>straight road
is unbelievably stupid. stop sounding like a brainlet amerimutt and pick up a book. i'm sure your life is very rich and interesting.

>>11249639
i agree with this sentiment a lot. philosophy of science in particular is very vulnerable to circlejerking pseuds.

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>>11249515

>> No.11254783

Guenon retroactively refuted Russell

>>11251137
this

>> No.11254784

>>11248279
Wittgenstein was a wanker.

>> No.11255829

>>11251243
stop posting my wife

>> No.11255834

>>11249515
based low iq stemfag