Guest:
Ted Neward
@tedneward
Ted Neward talks with Dave Rael about the nature of philosophy, values, and why programmers should care
Ted Neward is an independent consultant specializing in high-scale enterprise systems, working with clients ranging in size from Fortune 500 corporations to small 10-person shops. He is an authority in Java and .NET technologies, particularly in the areas of Java/.NET integration (both in-process and via integration tools like Web services), back-end enterprise software systems, and virtual machine/execution engine plumbing. He is the author or co-author of several books, including Effective Enterprise Java, C# In a Nutshell, SSCLI Essentials, Server-Based Java Programming, and a contributor to several technology journals. Ted is also a Microsoft MVP Architect, BEA Technical Director, INETA speaker, former DevelopMentor instructor, frequent worldwide conference speaker, and a member of various Java JSRs. He lives in the Pacific Northwest with his wife, two sons, and eight PCs.
Chapters:
0:45 - Dave introduces the show and Ted Neward3:56 - Ted's education in international relations, including philosophy, psychology, anthropology, sociology, history, language and political science5:53 - Philosophy for programmers7:15 - What is philosophy?14:19 - Logic18:09 - Sophistry and debugging21:50 - Philosophy and testing as the asking of questions27:13 - Foundations32:00 - Philosophy and values38:56 - The objectives of addressing causality and philosophical questions43:22 - Defining "the good life"47:09 - Values and coexistence59:14 - Philosophy reading for programmers
Resources:
Ted's First Appearance on Developer On Fire
Aristotle
Causes of World War I
George Boole
Syllogism
Zeno of Elea
Zeno's paradoxes
Sophism
Janet Gregory on Developer On Fire
René Descartes
Descartes - "I think, therefore I am"
Simulation hypothesis
"I know it when I see it" - James Potter Stewart
Eudaimonia
"No Man is an Island" - John Donne
Confirmation Bias
Plato
Socrates
David Hume
Immanuel Kant
Friedrich Nietzsche
Existentialism
Karl Marx
Voltaire
Ted's book recommendation:
Modern Philosophy: An Introduction and Survey - Roger Scruton
The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series
Ted's top 3 tips for delivering more value:
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