okay, so how many here were science majors?

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― geeta (geeta), Monday, 24 February 2003 12:45 (twenty-two years ago)

philosophy of mathematics reprazent!!

― mark s (mark s), Monday, 24 February 2003 12:50 (twenty-two years ago)

(humanities? i think NOT!)

― mark s (mark s), Monday, 24 February 2003 12:51 (twenty-two years ago)

Chemistry Bsc, Msc.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Monday, 24 February 2003 13:04 (twenty-two years ago)

Physics(MSci/MA) and Computer Science(MSc)

― RickyT (RickyT), Monday, 24 February 2003 13:13 (twenty-two years ago)

natural sciences - ALL OF THEM (well actually mostly physics and philosophy of science, the chemistry & crystals stuff was there just for the fun fun fun practicals)

― Alan (Alan), Monday, 24 February 2003 13:16 (twenty-two years ago)

My physics degree was also officially natural sciences as well, but the crystals and cell biology bits were v.small.

― RickyT (RickyT), Monday, 24 February 2003 13:19 (twenty-two years ago)

B.Sc. Biology & Geography Joint Hons. (Bristol 1992).

― MarkH (MarkH), Monday, 24 February 2003 13:32 (twenty-two years ago)

Chemistry with Physiology & Biochem BSc
Physical Chemistry PhD

― Dr. C (Dr. C), Monday, 24 February 2003 13:32 (twenty-two years ago)

cells are v.small RickyT, or didn't they teach you that?

BSc Media Technology.

― Graham (graham), Monday, 24 February 2003 13:41 (twenty-two years ago)

AA in Dual Award Science GCSE!

― Sarah (starry), Monday, 24 February 2003 13:43 (twenty-two years ago)

unless they're eggs of course. Speshly ostrich eggs.

― MarkH (MarkH), Monday, 24 February 2003 13:43 (twenty-two years ago)

cells are huge when yr doing particle physics, G

― RickyT (RickyT), Monday, 24 February 2003 13:47 (twenty-two years ago)

DD in GCSE Science Double award! wahoo!

― jel -- (jel), Monday, 24 February 2003 14:07 (twenty-two years ago)

''Chemistry Bsc, Msc.''

sorry that should say chemistry Msci.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Monday, 24 February 2003 14:14 (twenty-two years ago)

BA (Mod) in Maths, MSc's in Maths and Comp.Sci.

The Mod is because back when we started, it was all ART. That's how old the college is.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Monday, 24 February 2003 14:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Philosophy Of Maths Reprazent AGIN!

― Pete (Pete), Monday, 24 February 2003 14:19 (twenty-two years ago)

Andrew first got the degree when he was a Mod the first time round. He goes to FAPs on his Lambretta.

A GIN!

What a good idea!

― Sarah (starry), Monday, 24 February 2003 14:20 (twenty-two years ago)

I did maths very briefly, but my degree is a BSc in Computer Science.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Monday, 24 February 2003 18:18 (twenty-two years ago)

BSc (Physics, Computer Science)
I always resented how the science journals were in the lowest, darkest and most relaxing basement floor of our library.

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Monday, 24 February 2003 19:35 (twenty-two years ago)

Me.

― Kris (aqueduct), Monday, 24 February 2003 20:25 (twenty-two years ago)

what's philosophy of science, or philosophy of maths?

― Maria (Maria), Monday, 24 February 2003 20:50 (twenty-two years ago)

COMPUTER SCIENCE DROPOUT

― Jonathan Williams (ex machina), Monday, 24 February 2003 20:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Philosophy of maths = you can't do sums, but you are stoical about it.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Monday, 24 February 2003 21:01 (twenty-two years ago)

philosophy of science = arguing what is a science and what not (physics yes,
astrology no, so what is it abt these two activities that make one scientific, the other not)

philosophy of mathematics = what is infinity (and can we eat it)?

― mark s (mark s), Monday, 24 February 2003 21:05 (twenty-two years ago)

I have signed up for a class in (the memory is sketchy) ''philosophy of science and ethics'' as part of extra curricular postgrad stuff I have to do (i.e. to add to yr CV). should be good.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Monday, 24 February 2003 21:25 (twenty-two years ago)

Just say "astrology is drivel" and you're halfway to a pass, Julio.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Monday, 24 February 2003 21:28 (twenty-two years ago)

I'll keep that in mind.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Monday, 24 February 2003 21:43 (twenty-two years ago)

halfway to a pass is still a fail

― mark s (mark s), Monday, 24 February 2003 22:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Ok OK I'll just rub a couple of brain cells together when I need it *sheesh*.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Monday, 24 February 2003 22:19 (twenty-two years ago)

i was a maths major for a year haha.

― di smith (lucylurex), Monday, 24 February 2003 22:22 (twenty-two years ago)

B.Sc. (Organic Chemistry, Philosophy of Science). I think I belongs on the 'useless degrees' thread rather than here

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Monday, 24 February 2003 23:34 (twenty-two years ago)

can you get an entire degree going on about what is a science and what isn't? and would philosophy of maths be the same as theoretical maths?

― Maria (Maria), Tuesday, 25 February 2003 02:01 (twenty-two years ago)

the full title of the discipline is 'history and philosophy of science' - mainly to do with theories of scientific change. i did a 'history of medicine' subject as well. spectacularly easy subjects to pass, very necessary considering how badly i was doing at Organic Chemistry (very)

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Tuesday, 25 February 2003 02:12 (twenty-two years ago)

PhD, somewhere inbetween applied mathematics, physics and chemistry.
Would like to do something on bioethics right now, though

― arantxa, Tuesday, 25 February 2003 14:42 (twenty-two years ago)

phil of science: it's not too well defined, and i'm out of date, but there's a core droning on about the status of truth, realism, causality, then there's specific stuff assoc w bits of science (physics, cognitive science, biology, etc). mix in with a splash of foucault and yr done. there's some "what is science", but (i think) that's largely been given to sociologists these days.

― Alan (Alan), Tuesday, 25 February 2003 14:57 (twenty-two years ago)

foucault not born when i did phil-sci :(
(indeed reading kuhn and/or feyerabend wz abt as respectable as reading porn wd have been for the moral philosophy classes)

phil of maths = the theory of theoretical mathematics really, maria

like, "what if this theoretical idea has no basis in the world, is that a problem or can we go on exploring it anyway?"

cantor's nested infinities were the point at which the panic arose: ie not only that if you "counted" the points in a line, there were uncountably infinitely more than if yuou just "counted" all the numbers there could be, but that then there were an (uncountably) infinite series of layers of "bigger" infinities above this

the cantor system is logical and consistent, but its relationship to the actual real world is unclear: philosophically, this wz considered a problem

― mark s (mark s), Tuesday, 25 February 2003 15:06 (twenty-two years ago)

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