2007-06-14 02:33:01 · 6 answers · asked by jeree 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
phil. is more of a guess, more of a question. Sci. is more of a gyess and check type of deal!
2007-06-14 02:39:26 · answer #1 · answered by kevin301990 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Science starts as philosophy. The first explanations of the rules of the universe were developed by philosophers. Hard science, I suppose, deals more with the lab work of testing a hypothesis, but it all starts out more as a philosophical concept. You could probably think of Newton and Einstein as philosophers. Philosophers were, traditionally, the educated class who did all of the thinking and experimenting. Even today, the highest eduction one gets is a Doctor of Philosophy. Health care folks stole the "doctor" designation from them in hopes of also stealing some of that value. Funny today that a PhD might be told, "yeah, but you're not a REAL doctor."
2007-06-14 03:35:16 · answer #2 · answered by ChazS 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A philosophical inquiry depends on logic.
A scientific inquiry depends on demonstrable and reproducible hard evidence.
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2007-06-14 03:19:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since you asked in physics, let's take a physics example: gravity.
Science measures the gravitational force and arrives at a function relating it to mass and distance. It tests its conclusions thoroughly.
Philosophy wonders if it could instead be a property of spacetime. Then science looks for ways that would make a difference and test that.
Philosophy wonders if gravity could be related to the other known forces of nature. Science postulates specific theories of that and tests them, theoretically and experimentally.
Philosophy wonders why gravity even exists, and how could mass attract another mass at a distance, just by being there.
2007-06-14 05:29:29 · answer #4 · answered by Frank N 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Philosophical inquire is to inquire about concepts. What concepts human beings have, why human beings have them, and to get human beings to imagine about those concepts. medical inquiry has extra to do with how the universe, or some thing contained in the universe works.
2016-11-23 20:34:35 · answer #5 · answered by geiser 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I once heard a long, boring philosophical debate defining what the word "is" means.
Scientists also have long debates, but it is over more important and tangible questions.
2007-06-14 04:08:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋