La torre di Babele Tutta la terra had one language and few words. [...] And they said one to another [...] "Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven, and let us make a name, lest we be scattered all over the earth." But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower that the men were building. [...] The Lord scattered them abroad from there over all the earth and they ceased building the city. why it was called Babel, because there the LORD confused the language of the whole earth and there the LORD scattered them over all the earth. from the book of Genesis, 11
is difficult to understand when we speak a different language, and they know who have tried to communicate in these conditions. This is also true when it comes to different branches of knowledge, for example in the case of a scientist who tries to communicate with a philosopher. Or a doctor who tries to communicate with a physician.
We are increasingly required to do so today, so for example, a doctor understands what makes an MRI and what are the limitations of this technique, or because a physicist who needs to understand its application in medicine will experience. Therefore I find
criticism as: "The philosophers do not have to deal with neuroscience, it is not their thing" as in fondo nell'abisso dell'ignoranza quanto lo sarebbe la frase:"I cinesi dovrebbero starsene in Cina, dal momento che non sono neppure in grado di parlare un inglese decente".
Infatti, come può uno psicologo sentirsi "a posto" nel criticare un filosofo, quando egli stesso parla di cellule - che non ha studiato - composti chimici - che non ha mai neppure visto scritti, leggi della fisica che non conosce basate su una matematica di cui non ha mai sentito parlare? E come può non capire perchè il filosofo avverta l'esigenza di usare i dati neuroscientifici e di introdursi nel discorso? E come può non capire che la filosofia può essere per lui interessante quanto la medicina può esserlo per un fisico?
Ebbene, la risposta is simple: a good dose of pride and ignorance, together, can do everything.
is clear that there are difficulties, and often one of the other terminology used improperly. But it is no coincidence that many great scientists at the end of their lives deal of philosophy, perhaps, come to a better understanding, you realize what's useful to know others. It's nice to know when the door a bit 'of humility. This angers me
pride instead, but I say angers me, really makes me angry!