2007-01-17 01:45:57 · 9 answers · asked by mar 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
In the west, philosophy has taken the form of the regulator of science. It has become increasingly the study of what judgments were logically valid, and what judgments were valid to make about the world outside of us.
In addition to being at the origin of the study of logic, philosophy has also explored the validity of judgments about the world. This particular area of inquiry is known as epistemology. Epistemology aims at regulating the rules under which science can, and should be made, what counts as science and what doesn't.
2007-01-17 02:02:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because philosophy is the idea behind every branch of science
2007-01-17 10:15:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Back in the days of ancient Greece where the Western notion of 'science' and 'education' were born, there only was one subject, Philosophy. Philopsophy, or 'love of wisdom' included all academic thinking. Academics were broken down into individual subject areas much later.
2007-01-17 10:02:16 · answer #3 · answered by megalomaniac 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
With no offense to you or others Philosophy is NOT a SCIENCE. AND... to directly question the quote, I'd have to say that Philosophy is less the "mother" than the "offspring"
I have more to say, but I can philosophically meander my musing to myself.
Steven Wolf
2007-01-17 10:42:00 · answer #4 · answered by DIY Doc 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
because it teaches you how to think, if you can't think but only repeat or qoute words of others, that's not science, it's repeating words, saying "hickory dickery dock, the mouse ran up the clock" doesn't make me any smarter about clocks, time, or rodents. You have to be able to observe, question, come up with possibilities, and determine which is the most likely, and test it prove what is most likely. And often, it will be wrong and you have to start all over again.
2007-01-17 09:51:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would think that it is because philosophy is the starting point of our questions. With all actions there first has to be a thought behind them, to spur them forward.
2007-01-17 10:21:53 · answer #6 · answered by treefrog 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
philosophy is the mother of society
2007-01-17 10:18:50 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well the word literally means "love of knowledge." So when study began in Greece it was all under one umbrella. Then as it got specialized and broke off to individual studies.
2007-01-17 10:51:55 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"I think therefore I am"
2007-01-17 09:51:34 · answer #9 · answered by LadyB!™ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋