> A philosopher interested in the real world: something that became quite a rarity in later times...
Absolutely ridiculous. There are tons of contemporary, living, philosophers who are interested in literally every single one of the physical sciences. There are entire departments which specialize in philosophy of physics. There are philosophers that study biology, brains, computers, etc etc etc.
I've literally been in rooms where you couldn't throw a rock without hitting a philosopher deeply interested in physical reality.
Absolutely ridiculous. There are tons of contemporary, living, philosophers who are interested in literally every single one of the physical sciences. There are entire departments which specialize in philosophy of physics. There are philosophers that study biology, brains, computers, etc etc etc.
I've literally been in rooms where you couldn't throw a rock without hitting a philosopher deeply interested in physical reality.