(November 3, 2021 at 11:22 am)The Grand Nudger Wrote: Do philosophy and justified belief depend on sound premises? Isn't that what science is for?I really have a hard time understanding you by the way. Lol. Philosophy will use science and take a leap of faith to attempt to answer existential questions.
Alot of people might suspect that you're spooling up some god of the gaps - but...personally, I don't know if it fits when you have to carve the hole yourself.
(November 3, 2021 at 11:26 am)Simon Moon Wrote:(November 3, 2021 at 10:47 am)GaryAnderson Wrote: In this topic I’d like to discuss who should use science to support their position.
Should it be atheists, theists, any other group, or just all people in general without any discrimination?
Science is basically a tool which allows us to understand the How but not the Why sometimes. Science is a strict peer-reviewed process which can change its position based on new evidence. So Science doesn’t care either way of the implications and this is as close as we can get to an unbiased process.
The question is do you folks here have any problems with any groups using science to support their position?
My answer to this question is : I don’t have any problems with anybody using science to support their beliefs. Anybody can use it without discrimination.
There is no such thing as 'theistic' or 'atheistic' science. There is just science.
Science, performed correctly, is not used to support any theistic beliefs, or lack of them. In fact, the existence of a god is not ever a component in any experiment, hypothesis, or theory. There is no room, or necessity for it.
Philosophy will use science and take a leap of faith to attempt to answer existential questions. Do you have any problems with this?