(March 30, 2018 at 1:39 pm)Mathilda Wrote:(March 30, 2018 at 12:39 pm)FlatAssembler Wrote: The illusion that philosophy is useless is created by the fact that, when philosophy succeeds at explaining something, it starts to be called science. Galileo almost certainly wouldn't have come up with his ideas if he hadn't read the Aristotle's natural philosophy.
Yeah but in modern times, what does philosophy ever explain which then becomes a science? Not disputing that has this happened in the past. After all, even today any progress in the field of Artificial Intelligence becomes a field in its own right. But whenever people defend philosophy in this way they almost always refer to achievements several hundred years ago.
In modern times, there are some people who think we should reinstate compulsory prayer in schools.
Why, according to empirical data, is that a bad idea?
Why not implement theocracy instead of a democracy?
If only there were a field of study that addressed such questions...
