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Nov 8, 2012 · Philosophy is a place where ideas are developed in speculative and broad form, in theory-sketches and schemata, that often then make their way into an empirical form within some science, or into a mathematical form, or some other more focused form. A version of this view was defended by Karl Popper (in LSD, 1959).
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This chapter attempts to explain what science is by discussing competing answers from philoso- phers of science to six different questions. v The first question deals with the foundations of science, namely, the nature of its underlying premises.
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The difference between philosophy and science, thus, is that between the logical character of the concepts used in the two branches of knowledge. Science uses concepts of generality with precision while philosophy uses concepts of generality without precision. Precision is what differentiates.
One. debate the truth of this claim, but that is not the purpose of this This article asks: If we assume Peirce's claim, can we then extend it in a. natural way to philosophy? Science and philosophy intersect with respect to subject matter. Both. are concerned with the nature of the universe and the role that humans. play in it.
Aug 2, 2019 · In this paper I review the problematic relationship between science and philosophy; in particular, I will address the question of whether science needs philosophy, and I will offer some positive perspectives that should be helpful in developing a synergetic relationship between the two.
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Apr 11, 2019 · 2 Citations. Abstract. Philosophy is a thorny subject. Many philosophical statements cannot be formally proven, resulting in clever but endless debates. Scientists usually shy away from such ambiguity and retreat into their safe world of perceived clarity. Nevertheless, the philosophical study of nature is the wellspring of science.
What is the philosophy of science? It is the application of philosophical methods to philosophical problems as they arise in the context of the sciences. That’s not a par-ticularly helpful answer as it stands, but at least it allows us to break our original question into parts: What are the methods of philosophy? What are philosophical problems?
