What is the difference between philosophy and science?

Answer 1

The difference is that science is a subset of philosophy. Up until the last century, the NAME for science was 'natural philosophy'.

Think about it: both are concerned with proof and determining truth. Science's field is the natural world. The remainder of philosophy is concerned with everything BUT the natural world.

It is this latter fact that gives philosophy some of its bad reputation among people. It is sometimes characterized as being all opinion and guesswork, thought games, and entirely unproductive, if not downright arcane babble.

A study of philosophical work, however, quickly reveals that unsupported opinion meets with as much scorn in philosophy as it does in science. And though much of philosophy's non-scientific work is less directly accesible than, say, the physical omnipresent objects that science works on, this hardly makes them unimportant!

Answer 2

They are closely related and philosophy is a science so to speak. But I'll assume you need a comparison between philosophy and physical science. Physical science starts with facts and then can be debated . Philosophy starts with ideas and then can be debated.

Answer 3

This a question that is only relevant in last 100 years.

Modern science is primarily based on the verification principle (sometimes called falsification/verification principle) which states that the only valid truth claims about reality are those claims that can be verified through empirical methods of measure (i.e. scientific method). This makes modern science in most cases anti-metaphysical or anti-philosophical. It only accepts aposterori sources of knowledge as necessary and valid. (also called synthetic knowledge).

In this view, modern philosophy can only speculate about a-priori sources of knowledge (i.e. reason, logic, etc.) and therefore is considered by most scientists as speculative/ unnecessary/ emotive or non-cognitive. In laymen's terms, philosophy/ontology does not express factual claims or beliefs about reality and lacks the ability to discover verifiable truth. Truth is only found through the scientific method and any other way of discovering truth is superstition at best.

Most analytic (scientific) schools of philosophy today that come out of the British empirical tradition only deal in semantics and only serve as aid to the scientific method. They mainly are concerned with the philosophy of language and the "science of meaning." They attempt to create a meaningful pathway for science to describe reality.

However, on the flip side there is the continental school of philosophy that has kept a higher view of philosophy and rejected the positivism of modern science. I believe however, that science is just as metaphysical as philosophy.

Answer 4

Science is like the road map to how things work and philosophy is like the typographical map. They're both created by observation, but tested in very different ways, still there is a desire to get them to agree... but often this isn't the case. Similarly, there are many branches of science that make similar but conflicting maps, like psychology, sociology, biology... There is a desire to make everything agree and work together, this is called the Universal theory, but it's like a fairy tale that scientist and philosophers dream about discovering.

Answer 5

Philosophy is the use of reason and arguement in search of truth and knowledge of reality especially of the causes and nature and things. Science is a branch of knowledge involving systematized observation of and experiment with phenomena.

Answer 6

I'd have to ask myself that question before i posted it, but philosophy to me is political, and science philosophically is against it. Science is the study of information by communication, philosophy, your information proving you communicate well from a standpoint in an argument for example.
No point in reading that again, they have nothing to do with each other, so there is no difference...

Answer 7

Science is defined as "a systematic knowledge of the physical or material world gained through observation and experimentation" while philosophy is defined as "the rational investigation of the truths and principles of being, knowledge, or conduct." In my own words, science is based more on facts and figures while philosophy is more of an opinion-based study of human behavior.

Answer 8

Philosophy does not take deletion as a trendstone, science does for its own purposes, yet keeps sight into evading sexual purposes, so does philosophy.
Infatuation is selfdenial to both, and a respectful intrussion is never quaint nor seen in just consequence to truth, neither in society. Bye.
Hak alakeim Hakim.
Praise that who speaks in his name.
Allah.


Yes I remember you.

Answer 9

Philosophy treads where science cannot go

Answer 10

philosophy-love of knowledge--the study of the love of knowledge

science-knowledge based on theory and evidence