how are scientists and philosophers related?

Question

My perspective is that scientists and philosophers are related through their research methodology,but i need other piont of views on this matter to broaden my understanding about scientists and philosophers.

Answer 1

Well it's acutally the research methodology that seperates them.

In a nutshell, scientists discover what philosophers already knew al the time. At the same time philosophers like to philosophize about discoveries made by scientists.

In the Greek history you'll find examples of philosophers being scientists and vice versa.

Answer 2

Philosophers make people think with their logic and are hardly concerned with the scientific methodology.A successful philosopher makes his view point clear without going to laboratories ,postulating,making theories or formulating the laws of science. A philosopher is a kind of free lancer and convinces/modulate the opinions with his views only. On the other hand just see how Marie Currie,discovered radiothermic elements .It seems that she was a sort of wedded to her lab and experiments throughout her life.She could make a few discoveries,may be opened a new field for other scientists. On the other -hand philosophers can write books after books of new ways to look at the things.THESE ARE THE BROAD -SIDES OF THE COMPARISON BETWEEN THE TWO.

Answer 3

2500 years ago, everything was part of philsophy. Aristotle did science, medicine, mathematics, religious studies -- everything.

One by one, these fields became fleshed out and took on a life of its own. Mathematics probably became a separate field of study about 2500 years go -- maybe more (though it was still studied by philosophers).

Newton was considered a "Natural Philosopher" -- but his work led to physics as a separate field in the 17th century.

Philosophers were always interested in how the mind works -- but only in the early 20th century did Freud make it a separate field.

Basically, as soon as anything in Philosophy becomes interesting, it becomes its own field.

You are right that philosophy uses the same research methodology as the sciences. That is because they came up with it. There are usually three departments in a university where you can study logic -- Mathematics, Computer Science and Philosophy. Logic courses in Philosophy are just as rigorous as they are in Math. It is not a coincindence that one of the greatest mathematicians of the 20th century is also one of the greatest philosophers of the 20th century (Bertrand Russell).

There are some differences. Philosophy of Science is concerned with how men do science, while Science is concerned with actually doing it. That being said, I learned more about physics in my Philosophy of Science classes than I did in my Physics classes.

Answer 4

scientists study things like matter, the universe, everything while philosophers give philosophies for scientists to think of it as a possible fact or answer to a question!

Answer 5

They both have a common goal to seek out answers to questions. Their differences lie in that a scientist is seeking answers based on facts in the physical world and philosophers are seeking facts based on thoughts and reasoning in the temporal world.

Answer 6

According to one of my professors all scientists are philosphers. Phd is a doctorate of philosphy after all.

Answer 7

any human follow one research and thought method. any thought related to a philosophy.

Answer 8

scientists do real work, philosophers don't do a damn thing.

Answer 9

Second cousins, actually, twice removed, on their mothers' side.

Answer 10

You have given your own answer.

It is research.