RE: Has Philosophy over stepped it's boundaries?
September 8, 2014 at 1:08 pm
(This post was last modified: September 8, 2014 at 1:09 pm by Darkstar.)
I'm really confused now. Since when is science philosophy?
*Google search*
Wha...?
Well, I think the OP is probably referring to what is generally considered philosophy by most people (i.e. Philosophy of law, mind, and metaphilosophy).
I think the reason that the OP is harping on philosophy is because people like William Lane Craig warp it to their own ends (at least that's one of the reasons that it annoys me sometimes). Personally, those branches of philosophy that attempt to answer questions that are fundamentally unanswerable annoy me. Also, those that seek to answer (or worse, claim to have answered) scientific questions without using any actual science, those are the worst. ("Everything that begins to exist has a cause" ...how do you know that?)
Don't get me wrong; I like a lot of philosophy, but since things like metaphilosophy don't require empirical evidence, people can just make stuff up and parade it around as though it were deeply insightful.
*Google search*
Wha...?
Well, I think the OP is probably referring to what is generally considered philosophy by most people (i.e. Philosophy of law, mind, and metaphilosophy).
I think the reason that the OP is harping on philosophy is because people like William Lane Craig warp it to their own ends (at least that's one of the reasons that it annoys me sometimes). Personally, those branches of philosophy that attempt to answer questions that are fundamentally unanswerable annoy me. Also, those that seek to answer (or worse, claim to have answered) scientific questions without using any actual science, those are the worst. ("Everything that begins to exist has a cause" ...how do you know that?)
Don't get me wrong; I like a lot of philosophy, but since things like metaphilosophy don't require empirical evidence, people can just make stuff up and parade it around as though it were deeply insightful.
John Adams Wrote:The Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.
