RE: Generally speaking, is philosophy a worthwhile subject of study?
February 18, 2022 at 2:47 pm
(This post was last modified: February 18, 2022 at 3:42 pm by John 6IX Breezy.)
(February 18, 2022 at 9:59 am)polymath257 Wrote: And, once again, philosophy is best when it is investigating assumptions and asking questions and worst when it thinks it has answers.
This might be controversial. But I don't think science produces more meaningful answers than philosophy. It can produce models and theories, and it can falsify them with new observations. But it's odd to say these are answers to things.
Now, science can answer certain questions when it makes observations (e.g. where in the brain does fear reside?). But there's something unsatisfactory about equating science with mere observation. Astrology isn't doing science when it observes the stars. And I'm not doing science when I discover things in my daily life.