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9590637 No.9590637 [Reply] [Original]

What does /sci/ think of Oxford University's Comp-Phil course? It's one of the best universities in the world, then again what a weird course

http://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduate/courses/computer_science_and_philosophy.html

>> No.9590690

Bumping an interesting thread

>> No.9590698

>>9590637
I think it's mostly to give philosophy teachers who aren't interested in the opression of wearing underwear a job
t. applicant to Phys&Phil

>> No.9590717
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>>9590698
I see
Where are you thinking of going with a physics/philosophy degree (provided you get in)? Does the philosophy part make you more employable?
I kinda imagine cs/Phil like pic related

>> No.9590718

Wow, I've been looking for something like this. I'd really enjoy doing something like that.

>> No.9590737

As with anything involving philosophy it's fucking useless.

>> No.9590744

>>9590637
Unless you really really want to do computer science, mathphil is probably a better course.
Not a Phil but a mathcomp and first year daa and imperative programming are really really boring

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>>9590637
They're both filled with delusional idiots.

>> No.9590766

>>9590717
>>9590737
In principle I agree but in the case of the oxford "sciphils" (as oxford doesn't run a philosophy degree) physics and phil, maths and phil and cs and phil it actually allows people to practice softer analysis and writing skills whilst still having employability skills. Also all three do a lot of logic which compared to the single honours courses only maths people can end up picking up in 3rd year.

>> No.9590777

>>9590744
Unrelated question but if you go to Oxford I have a q: how Liberal /sjw are the students there? Is it like American unis?
>t. going there next year

>> No.9590793

>>9590777
People aren't stupid toxic and my college has a bit of balance despite being left leaning.
Did not appreciate being called a scab for going to lectures though, esp. considering there were no strikers in maths or cs.
My advice is to run through the politics section of the fresher's fair without making eye contact and don't stop running until you see an engineering stand, uni politics is toxic on all sides really.
Also, if you join the union you need to go a lot to make it worth it, and you'll find a lot of people asking for your vote so it may get annoying but I wouldn't know.

>> No.9590798

Fine I guess. I got a useless stem degree, but one very useful thing I learned in college was philosophy. It unironically helped me sort myself out. I think everyone with a lot of deep emotional problems should study philosophy.