Science and philosophy are on how to find answers to questions, but not on how to raise questions! - ?

Question

What is your opinion on this statement?

Answer 1

To me personally, in studying both science and philosophy I find myself asking more questions. I think the statement is one of opinion. In order to study or become a student of this life, you need to open your mind and look beyond the obvious. Both of these can give you the tools and the means in which to do that. I like quantum physics. I have studied quantum mechanics for over 20 years, and I will still sit here and say that on any given day I have new questions that I may never find the answers to because it is beyond my comprehension. At this level. These two subjects transcend boundaries. If you open your mind to that, the questions then come.

Answer 2

I believe this statement misses the point of both science and philosophy. Philosophy's primary concern is questioning basic beliefs and assumptions, and then subsequently investigating appropriate methods to answer such questions and concerns. Although philosophy rarely answers any of the questions it poses, it does not mean that philosophy is useless. Philosophy is intended to help persons think more critcally and analytically about every belief they take themselves to know. I would encourage you to delve deeper into the philosophical field of epistemology, which is the study of knowing.

As for science, this is slightly more controversial. A hot topic in the philosophic community is the epistemic implications of science, or in other words, does science really help us know anything? The problem with science is that nine times out of ten any scientific discovery leads to more questions and the need for more information. For example, at the turn of the twentieth century, a reputable professor of physics believed that within the next few years, physicists will have all the physical laws understood and there will be nothing left for physicists to explore. Yet, a few years later, Einstein comes along and introduces a little something called special relativity and completely opens up the door to quantum physics and here we are 100 years later now claiming to have no more than 6% of the universe figured out in terms of physics. Science assuredly is intended to find answers to questions, but consequently seems to create more questions than it is able to answer in the process. The reason why I mentioned that such a question is conrtoversial is because often a scientific theory will be introduced and will soon be regarded as fact (such as Newtonian physics) and soon after someone (like Einstein) will come along and completely override established theories. It is difficult to say that science really answers any questions because it rests on theories, and theories are only good so long as they are maintained with factual evidence. When new factual evidence comes along that seemingly contradicts that evidence, then the theory is considered debunked. It is entirely possible that every scientific theory you take yourself to know as fact could eventually be replaced with a new scientific theory. For example, I am sure you grew up believing that you knew Pluto to be a planet. Well, guess what, Pluto isn't considered a planet anymore, so did you ever really know that Pluto was a planet? At that time, did science really have the answers to planets? Will science ever have the answers to the planets? WIll science ever have answers to anything?

With those latter rhetorical questions, I do believe I have made my point abundantly clear: Science and Philosophy necessarily raise questions, no doubt about it.

Answer 3

Science is nominally about answering questions, but every answer raises a hundred new questions.
If philosophy ever produced an actual answer, it would go out of business. Philosophy is the art of not only asking questions, but questioning tings that are obvious to everyone. Hence Descartes.

Answer 4

Progress in science and philosophy depends heavily on raising new questions on existing assumptions or knowledge which is being otherwise taken for granted. Questioning is the starting point for their growth and when new answers are found, they signify a step taken in the direction of progress.

Answer 5

T.S. Elliott wrote "We dance in a circle and suppose; the question lies in the middle and knows". My Dad used to say "Answers are the easy part; what's difficult is to think of the question". I've always found that if you can see all the questions in a situation, and explore them, the answer, or decision determines itself - and then it usually looks so obvious you wonder why you didn't think of it immediately. In science and philosophy I think the trick is to look at the "answers" (i.e. what you think you know), and then look at the assumptions underpinning it. The questions that most intrigue and enlighten arise from questioning those assumptions. What we think we know usually merely defines our ignorance. Happy hunting.

Answer 6

Maybe.
When faced with something brand new, and someone asked "any questions?," I often reply that I don't know enough yet to ask the right questions.

Both scientific and philosophical search for answers often lead us to ask more questions, and better questions (the right questions).

Of course the semantics of your question here is "how to raise questions" which actually means "the right way of asking questions" as opposed to asking the right questions.

So my opinion is that science and philosophy can help us ask the right questions, but they don't teach us the right way of asking questions.

Answer 7

YOU WILL ONLY RAISE A QUESTION ONCE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU WANT AND ONCE YOU UNDERSTAND THE SUBLECT ITSELF.... EXAMPLE: HOW CAN YOU QUESTION ABOUT SOMETHING IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD ABOUT THAT IN THE FIRST PLACE... SO TO YOUR QUESTION HERE IS AN ANSWER = THERE ARE METHODS OF RAISING A QUESTION BUT NOT IN A UNIVERSAL WAY, YOU HAVE TO BREAK IT DOWN TO ARTS, HUMANITY AND SO ON.... EXAMPLE: IT'S INAPPROPRIATE TO ASK A QUESTION ABOUT INTERNATIONAL RALETIONS TO A CHEMISTRY PROFESSOR AND VICE VERSA..... HOPE YOU GET THIS

Answer 8

by studying how good questions were asked, we ask better questions possibly. But only the geniuses ask very good questions, most people spend their time answering part of an answer.

Answer 9

They find questions by putting the old ones to rest.

Answer 10

First it's stupid and doesn't make sense.

Second. . .

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