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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.

I think there's a lot a programmer can learn from the study of epistemology, logic, metaphysics, moral and political philosophy, and aesthetics. In this talk, I'll 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.

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myabc commented Jun 26, 2012

epistemology, logic, metaphysics, moral and political philosophy, and aesthetics.

This is a broad set of topics. I think you could even afford to pick just one: Marxism or critical theory + Ruby, perhaps :)

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