Philosophy and Science connection?

Hunter Osterberger: They sure are related because it's curiosity that drives questions in both fields. They lose this connection when people start getting narrow minded about philosophical ideas and start quoting too many old philosophers who they view as infallible.Imagine if scientists still went on about how great the Ptolemaic structure of the universe was? Thankfully, old scientific theories get criticized, disproven and replaced. It's imperative that philosophers remain critical of theories, question and disprove them too. They shouldn't get too caught up on 'which Greek philosopher said what' all those years ago....Show more

Jene Kostyla: Ah, that's a good one. Both of these subjects (both favourites of mine), connect in that they try to answer the fundamental questions provided to humans. However, they differ in that Science tries merely to understand the physical nature of everything, whereas Philosophy questions the things we thought we knew. In a way, of ! the two, only science can really progress as it builds on previous "knowledge," whereas Philosophy should never build on previous thoughts because that in itself is a limitation to your ability to answer these questions. However, you don't have to pick just one, it's quite amusing to entertain both. Enjoy....Show more

Samatha Nicar: Philosophy is a science, as science is philospy (i wrote a whole paper on this for school) and seeing as science is human nature, a survival instint, that would make philosophy one to, if you believe that philosophy is science and that science is philosophy,P.S. sorry, i would send you my paper but I don't have i with me and Its not saved on this computer...Show more

Raye Tredennick: ...let me pull on my beard a minute. i would tell you logic is the string between the sciences and philosophical inquiries, but that's simple. ...pulling beard. i think perhaps once you recognize the shape of experience, that we are connected to and expe! rience similar wants and desires, then the "logic of experienc! e" shapes our understandings in and about the world we live in. science chooses to describe the "logic of experience" by testing and retesting certain questions, hypotheses, facts, to figure out the underlying reasons why "stuff happens". philosophy tries for the same thing, to figure out the underlying reasons why "stuff happens" but this time not with mathematics, but with words...so "pulling beard, pulling beard"... philosophy and science can connect because they attempt to answer questions about the "logic of experience" by either words or numbers. nuff said for a moment...now you owe me a penny for my penny thoughts...take care......Show more

Boyce Gilhooly: technology (or extra truly, the scientific technique) is a branch of epistemology, and epistemology in turn is a branch of philosophy. Epistemology is centred on expertise: no longer in basic terms what all of us be responsive to, yet in simple terms as importantly, how all of us be responsive to it. technolo! gy has been our terrific ability of no longer in basic terms analyzing new expertise, yet of testing and verifying it. even with the undeniable fact that technology is in simple terms one sub-branch of philosophy, i've got discovered that that is totally useful in answering particular traditionally philosophical questions. case in point, the question of no remember if a tree falling in a woodland makes a valid if no person is around to pay attention it. Questions replied from a metaphysical attitude have a bad habit of related to countless hypothesis and hand-waving. replied from a scientific attitude however, we are in a position to get concrete, testable solutions according to reliable reason and sturdy evidence....Show more