Is There a Difference Between Physics and Philosophy?

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When you take a class in physics, you might learn about Newtonian mechanics, electromagnetism, relativity. But you don't gently read the original writings of Newton, Maxwell, Einstein, et cetera. By contrast, when I took philosophy classes, we generally read the original historical works of great philosophers. Nick B says that both fields could learn a little bit from each other.

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