(June 5, 2012 at 10:09 am)Chuck Wrote:(June 5, 2012 at 8:37 am)whateverist Wrote: But unless philosophy continues where will the next branch of science come from? Philosophy is how we find our way into new questions. Interestingly some questions resist settling out into science.
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Science is philosphy. Next branch of science will flow from the present state of science. But it may receive some initial proximal encouragement from other field of philosphy, or it may not.
Science certainly rest on philosphyical foundations which would not appear to causal detesters of philosophy to be philosphy. They just take these to be evidently true, as if that view is not itself philosophical.
Every question settled by science can be said to have resisted settling by science. Science by its nature does not declare problem solved by fiat, perhaps unlike some other versions of philosphy. So do not confuse painstaking care and rigorous honesty with lack of productivity.
Looks like I agree with you after all. I misunderstood you to be saying that having contributed to the rise of science nothing further was needed of philosophy.