(June 7, 2012 at 4:02 pm)Chuck Wrote:(June 7, 2012 at 3:34 pm)Brian37 Wrote: It is a stupid archaic word. We have the TOOL of scientific method which has surpassed merely brain farts.
And you don't appear to have made use of many of them before making various outlandish assetions.
"Philosohpy" is not a science rooted word. It is merely "go with an idea".
Just scrap the damned word, we don't need it.
"Buddhist philosophy"
"Taoist philosophy"
"Plato's philosophy"
"Christian philosophy"
"Libertarian philosophy"
DO YOU NOT see the problem with that? It is an ambiguous word that anyone can use to suit their own needs.
Scientific method is not something you suit to your own needs, that is why it is called METHOD.
Method is what we use to TEST ideas. Philosophy is merely a brain fart. Method goes way beyond merely saying "I like what I came up with".
Just say "I have an idea". THEN be willing to use METHOD to test that idea. You don't need a "philosophy" you need a quality control mechanism which is what METHOD is. "Otherwise any "philosophy" is good enough to stick in a gap and no need for a method.
Idea based on prior data plus testing and falsification and independent peer review. METHOD AND TOOL
It is an archaic word we DONT need to use.
