Is philosophy dead?
January 9, 2016 at 5:04 am
(This post was last modified: January 9, 2016 at 5:06 am by Mechaghostman2.)
Has science killed the usefulness of philosophy, or is science itself a philosophy?
People like Stephen Hawking, Lawrence Krauss, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, and even Richard Dawkins tend to think the former, where as philosophers gravitate towards the latter. Philosophy doesn't make progress, this is why Sam Harris went into neuroscience after philosophy, because he got tired of philosophers waiting for the scientists to learn about the human brain. One could even try to use science to create ethics as Harris is trying to do, though some could argue that doing such is philosophy.
People like Stephen Hawking, Lawrence Krauss, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, and even Richard Dawkins tend to think the former, where as philosophers gravitate towards the latter. Philosophy doesn't make progress, this is why Sam Harris went into neuroscience after philosophy, because he got tired of philosophers waiting for the scientists to learn about the human brain. One could even try to use science to create ethics as Harris is trying to do, though some could argue that doing such is philosophy.
