RE: Philosophy Versus Science
August 23, 2025 at 5:40 pm
(This post was last modified: August 23, 2025 at 5:42 pm by Sheldon.)
(August 23, 2025 at 5:21 pm)Alan V Wrote:Well, I think it's more that the methods of philosophy deal in subjectively questioning epistemological limits, while science deals in expanding them as objectively as possible. Whether philosophical enquiry reached it's limits is not yet clear, but for now it has definitely taken a back seat to scientific enquiry.(August 23, 2025 at 5:02 pm)Sheldon Wrote: I think they now serve two entirely different purposes. With science tasked to objectively examine reality, and philosophy to subjectively question epistemological limits of human inquiry.
In other words, philosophy already reached the limits of its methods, whereas science, with its additional tools, is still going (though it may yet reach its limits someday too).