Development and Philosophy

We spend most of our times obsessing about the actual act of programming. Is this method name too long? Should I refactor this code? How do I fix this bug? However, sometimes, large gains can be made by drawing in experience from totally different fields.

Steve Klabnik thinks there’s a lot a programmer can learn from the study of epistemology, logic, metaphysics, moral and political philosophy, and aesthetics. In this talk, Steve will give an overview of a bunch of interesting thinkers, philosophical problems, and how they relate to the worlds of software development, open source, and startups.

Transcript

1. Development And Philosophy by @steveklabnik Saturday, August 18, 12
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6. Humanities Saturday, August 18, 12
7. Humanities Saturday, August 18, 12
8. Refinement Saturday, August 18, 12
9. Inter-Disciplinary Saturday, August 18, 12
10. DSLs Saturday, August 18, 12
11. Hard, but rewarding Saturday, August 18, 12
12. Monoculture = Death Saturday, August 18, 12
13. Philosophy? Saturday, August 18, 12
14. φιλοσοφία Saturday, August 18, 12
15. "love of wisdom" Saturday, August 18, 12
16. Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems Saturday, August 18, 12
17. Why Philosophy? Saturday, August 18, 12
18. Aesthetics Saturday, August 18, 12
19. the nature of beauty, art, and taste, with the creation and appreciation of beauty Saturday, August 18, 12
20. critical reflection on art, culture and nature Saturday, August 18, 12
21. Logic Saturday, August 18, 12
22. the study of modes of reasoning and the use of valid reasoning Saturday, August 18, 12
23. Epistemology Saturday, August 18, 12
24. concerned with the nature and scope of knowledge Saturday, August 18, 12
25. Metaphysics Saturday, August 18, 12
26. concerned with explaining the fundamental nature of being and the world Saturday, August 18, 12
27. Political philosophy & Ethics Saturday, August 18, 12
28. involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior Saturday, August 18, 12
29. provides insight into the various aspects of the origin of the state, its institutions and laws, liberty, justice, property, rights, and law Saturday, August 18, 12
30. structuralism Saturday, August 18, 12
31. Ferdinand de Saussure Saturday, August 18, 12
32. Claude Lévi-Strauss Saturday, August 18, 12
33. structuralism sought to clarify systems of signs through analyzing the discourses they both limit and make possible. Saturday, August 18, 12
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37. Control vs. Protocol Saturday, August 18, 12
38. Microsoft vs. Google Saturday, August 18, 12
39. Control gives us a clear enemy Saturday, August 18, 12
40. Protocol pretends to be our friend Saturday, August 18, 12
41. Protocol uses standards against us Saturday, August 18, 12
42. “I would quit Facebook, but all my friends are on it” Saturday, August 18, 12
43. SPDY Saturday, August 18, 12
44. App.net is stupid Saturday, August 18, 12
45. Why Philosophy? Saturday, August 18, 12
46. undefined method ‘id’ for nil Saturday, August 18, 12
47. StackOverflow Saturday, August 18, 12
48. Refinement Saturday, August 18, 12
49. Dive in :D Saturday, August 18, 12
50. Thanks! @steveklabnik designinghypermediaapis.com http://tutorials.jumpstartlab.com Saturday, August 18, 12