Coincidentally, I recently had lunch with the department chair of CMU&#x27;s Philosophy department. Like many people, I assumed philosophy was all about (in his words) &quot;the dead white men&quot;. What I was calling philosophy was really the &quot;history of philosophy&quot;.<p>I was very pleasantly surprised to learn that what CMU&#x27;s philosophy department _actually_ teaches is logic, and philosophy of scientific research and math, and that the majority of professors in the department are jointly appointed at other departments within the university.<p>I told him I think we just need to ditch the name &quot;philosophy&quot;, and he said &quot;you know, my department offers five majors... only one of them is called philosophy.&quot;