RE: Do Chairs Exist?
September 23, 2021 at 6:40 pm
(This post was last modified: September 23, 2021 at 6:40 pm by vulcanlogician.)
(September 23, 2021 at 6:20 pm)Brian37 Wrote: Yes they are. Ancient philosophy was the precursor to science.
"Philosophy" in antiquity was simply guessing. But because of the likes of Plato, and others that followed, philosophy got replaced by scientific method.
No. Socratic philosophy was not about making guesses. It was about rigorously analyzing certain claims about the world. Socratic philosophy developed into natural philosophy over a long period. At least, "natural philosophy" was created (over centuries) perhaps because of Socrates original questions... in which case, philosophy may count as proto-science in certain respects.
Natural philosophy was transformed by Francis Bacon in the 1600's with his Baconian method. A sort of proto-scientific method.
So, yes. In a way, philosophy birthed the sciences. Or (if you prefer) science is an elaboration of one aspect of philosophy's investigation into the world.
But what really distinguishes the two is that science uses the scientific method. Philosophy doesn't confine itself thusly. Philosophy is a broader discipline. Science is only concerned with what is observable.