Can science prove the existence of love, hate, beauty, etc? Just curious.?

Answer 1

If philosophy can define them first, science will be able to tell you whether or not it can prove their existence. In order to do good science, one must first have a testable hypothesis. If the philosopher made a clear definition of "love", then science could go about its merry way to prove whether or not that well-defined thing did or did not exist. This is similar to the answer of whether or not science can "prove" the nonexistence of god. It is logically impossible to prove a negative, so if you define god vacuously enough, science can have nothing to say about it. However if you want to say that god answers prayers to heal the sick, now you have a testable and scientific proposition. (As a side note, multiple scientific studies have shown that intercessory prayer is not helpful to the sick).

If you define love, hate, beauty, etc. in a meaningful, testable way, such as them being an emotional response of the evolved mammalian brain possessed by homo sapiens, science can go about proving their existence. If you define them as something nonsensical like formal actions taken by the immaterial soul, then science can do nothing for you.

If you consider psychology or sociology a science, many behavioral or cultural studies could be run to give insights into the nature of traditional definitions of these concepts. But the answer to your question in a nutshell is: it depends on how you define "love, hate, beauty, etc."

Answer 2

Science can't prove the existence of personal feelings any more than science can prove the existence of God.

Answer 3

Nope. the same physiological symptoms for love can also be the same for anxiety.

We are nowhere near understanding the inner workings of each others mind to even come close to "proving" our feelings.

Prove that you have a feeling. Prove to me that you had a thought about something.

Answer 4

i don't believe so although i'd be interested to hear what others think. to me, these things are a matter of perception.

as for the etc. - god only knows what you mean. love and hate are emotional states and beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

that's my two cents worth.

Answer 5

science is ultimately the mind trying to understand itself.

it can never understand love or beauty since these are beyond mind.

do we need any proof of the existence of love, hate or beauty?

science requires only empirical evidence.
there is plenty of evidence already.

Answer 6

Well, sort of.....

I can 'scientifically' define love as the act of considering another's self interest as part of your own. I can even explain love's existence as a logical consequence of Darwinian survival.

But do any of us really NEED a guy in a lab coat to find love?

Don't think so.

Answer 7

We don't need science to prove any of that, we know it's true by just living day to day.

Answer 8

science is broken up into natural science &physical science .first one is of a study of physical world. the other is of social lingiustic world .science is a way of describing the world&humanbeings;here comes beauty of nature&the humanbeings&love. one of the problems of science is hate.

Answer 9

beauty yes the others I don't know... beauty is all about who would make the best parent regardless of your sexual orientation you are either looking for someone who will bear you healthy children or someone who can protect your children and that makes them beautiful... also beauty is about symmetry if you are symmetrical toy are beautiful... there is more but i don't have the time to type it all.

Answer 10

Science doesn't prove anything, it only investigates.