(January 30, 2017 at 1:53 am)robvalue Wrote: It's handy that anyone who doesn't agree with you is a pseudo-intellectual, isn't it? That's a great way to avoid having to consider any other point of view.
Science works. Science tells us reliable information about reality. Philosophy is an integral part is science. But neither work without the other. If you think philosophy is going to help you think reality into the shape you want it to be, you're mistaken.
Indeed both need integration
Science without philosophy is blind
Philosophy without science is just mental masturbation
Seek strength, not to be greater than my brother, but to fight my greatest enemy -- myself.
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