Is the philosophy of science, philosophy enough?

Question

Quine's notion.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willard_Van_Orman_Quine

Answer 1

Humans always pride themselves to be a higher species because of their ability to think and make decisions. In my opinion, the ability to think is starting to get in the way of our lives. Because people think, and everyone think differently, quarrels and fights are started. Because people think, their school essays get discredited; students are not supposed to think, they are supposed to 'think' like people of the past who had written some books or some form of evidence and include those in the essays. Because people think, those who don't think have to conform to the ideas of the former. Because people think, they cannot come to a decision about some things and it will always be there, never-ending, never gonna be solved. Because people think. Too much in fact. Wouldn't it be good if everyone just do things without thinking too much? Go for it. On impulse. On instinct. Would that make things better? Look what has all the thinking done to us. Yes, we have the technology, the entertainment and everything else which people of the past did not have but we no longer have the simplicity in people. I'm not saying that people in the past did not think but they were smarter. They don't think so much. What's the point of thinking so much and still no conclusion and decision could be made? Doesn't that make you feel worse?

Bottomline: we think too much. Don't k. To whoever this is applicable to.

Answer 2

I'll agree....Science is a philosophy all its own when you are capable of looking at so many different philosophies in your mind science seems to be its own when your mind is on more of a spiritual level where earthly laws can not touch.Things that are observed making up the scientific philosophy may be questions like: So, why exactly does little colors of light beam through a wire onto a television screen and make a picture? OR Why is water the color blue or green when in large amounts instead of some other color in the spectrum? The real philosophy is whether or not the Creation of Scientific Law is truely made up of a Higher Philosopher somewhere in space and time just for us Humans to make sense of this world.If we,as Humans, could not put principles or facts into our day-to-day lives then this place would be like a dreamworld where nothing made sense and where up was down OR this place was actually that place but not OR where vanity did not collide with society JUST LIKE IN DREAMS. Dreaming at night is a whole other philosophy where science plays no part.

Answer 3

Philosophy of Science is not necessarily "enough" but it sure the hell is the most useful.
As you know by now i am a big proponent of Instrumentalism. But, at the same time I realize that other branches of philosophy are out there.
Sure, these branches are yet to produce anything useful, but it is not a reason to drop them altogether.

Answer 4

From wikepedia: (as I'm sure you've already read, but the benefit of others reading answers here)

Philosophy of science is the branch of philosophy that studies the philosophical assumptions, foundations, and implications of science, including the formal sciences, natural sciences, and social sciences. In this respect, the philosophy of science is closely related to epistemology and the philosophy of language.

The philosophy of science includes a consideration of the following topics:
* The character and the development of concepts and terms, propositions and hypotheses, arguments and conclusions, as they function in science.
* The manner in which science explains natural phenomena and predicts natural occurrences.
* The types of reasoning that are used to arrive at scientific conclusions.
* The formulation, scope, and limits of scientific method.
* The means that should be used for determining the validity of scientific information, in other words, the question of objectivity.
* The implications of scientific methods and models, along with the technology that arises from scientific knowledge, for the larger society.

Note that issues of scientific ethics are not usually considered to be part of the philosophy of science; they are studied in such fields as bioethics and science studies.

Your link under your question points to Willard Van Orman Quine. He was mainly into Analytic Philosopy.

But as to your specific question, I think we would be short-shrifting ourselves as a race of intelligent beings by trying to depend only on the philosophy of science. While it is certainly useful and worthwhile, I don't think it is the end-all, be-all. Other branches and levels of philosophy deal with things that science cannot currently adress very well. For example, the meaning of life? The meaning of My life? Existentialism? The individual creation of self and meaning? Subjectivism? How are we to deal with our own limited perceptions? Many questions like these go above and beyond just strict science.

So, No, I don't think we should limit ourselves to the philosophy of science. There is just the possibility of there being so much more to our existence than "objective" investigations based on science. Don't get me wrong - I think science is Very important, but I don't want to eliminate philosophy in its other forms either!

Answer 5

WHOA, i wager someone awoke on the bitchy aspect of the mattress at present! do not you tell me what to do, i'm no longer going to renounce on my existence. merely because Philosophy is unnecessary to you, does no longer mean that it is not significant to persons. human beings can continually attempt to get better at issues they're undesirable in. Sheesh, look on the glass 0.5 finished once in a lengthy time period ought to ya? you'd be alot happier.

Answer 6

"There are more things in heaven and earth... than are dreamt of in your philosophy." -William Shakespeare, Hamlet

Without philosophy, we would have no knowledge of science to begin with. On a universal scale however, we still know next to nothing.

Answer 7

great another jargon for learning whatever its written, spoken and done.