The Relationship Between Science And Philosophy. Philosophy

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What is, and what should be, the relationship between science and philosophy? Is philosophy just a parlor game played by armchair academics, or is it an essential foundation for human knowledge in general and for science in particular? Does science depend on philosophy? Does philosophy depend on science? 
Related readings that may be useful are the de Haro and Echenique-Robba PDFs below (Science and Philosophy: A Love-Hate Relationship and Shut up and let me think! Or why you should work on the foundations of quantum mechanics as much as you please). The relationship between science and philosophy has always been subject to much debate and questioning. Do they even have a relationship? If they do, is it symbiotic or is it antagonistic? Or …show more content…

Topics we’d assume have nothing to do with natural science. Though it is hard to assume a scientist studying society or such topics, there are definitely some overlays. For instance, the point of science is to get a better understanding of the universe, doesn’t philosophy have the goal? If ancient philosophers were already talking about the heavens before there was sufficient empirical evidence to support there claims, it is then arguable that philosophy generates the hypothesis while science verifies it.The more conceivable difference is the argument of methodologies. As Sebastian de Haro says in his says in Science and Philosophy: A Love-Hate Relationship, the distinction is put in a simple mantra; science asks the how questions, while philosophy asks for the why. A mantra even he struggles to settle …show more content…

This hunger for definitive answers allows us to make formal discrepancies between science and philosophy, but it would be foolish to ignore philosophy for science’s sake. Furthermore, if science needs philosophy, shouldn’t scientific finding serve as a springboard for philosophical reflections regarding the world and

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