Are philosophers now deemed useless due to the the advancing rate of science?

Question

It was once thought that you could solve earths problems by thought alone. But now that our knowledge of science is increasing so fast, philsophers are unable to keep up. Since the discovery of the quantum world, logical thought has proved useless. Is it about time we get rid of the word philosopher and replace it with 'scientist' or 'psychologist' etc? Do they have any place now in solving the worlds problems?

Interesting point wisdom. Don't you think spirituality could be explained by psychology though?

Theron, what an absolutely idiotic pointless tedious rant. How many rhetorical questions does one need to ask and base on one little point completely blown out of proportion. If you know anything about quantum mechanics you'd realise just how abnormal it is and incompatible with macro based physics - it is beyond what we once thought as logical. How about instead of even considering answering your question(s), you break away from your pretentious know-it-all atitude and go research some quantum physics. You've completely missed the point, reread the question.

good point phil

Answer 1

Science is rapidly leaving the mass populace behind. People don't understand them anymore. That is why they are turning to religion for answers. We need philosophers, to help people to think, now more than ever.

Answer 2

hi. well philosophers work with (think about) the most general ideas while scientists work with certain ideas. As you can see there's nothing sure in the jar of mankind knowledge. The philosophers are working with all the ideas that can enter the jar...but the jar will always be empty as philosophers know that they cannot be sure of anything. But scientists take some ideas and stick with them...and is not their job to prove that those ideas are true or false...they work with a hypothesis or two..or more...and they try to find out what is happening when that hypothesis is true. So in this case the jar is getting full (all though philosophers and maybe scientist too know that these results are not necessarily true.)...so philosophers aren't useless because of scientist because they are doing different things. [Of course the world is full of scientists...and I really think that most of them are in vain...but you see ..people (and I'm talking about people not that smart) need certainties (but I'm not saying that smart people don't...is just that they kinda know that everything they knew might be false...so they're not that dispaired to have certainties from other people like scientists)]....so people need the jar full...not an empthy jar...not even a half empty jar...so people prefer scientist instead of philosophers.
Btw philosophers really don't tell people how or what to think..they're just saying what THEY are thinking...Now we don't hear of new philosophers all though they may exist...but we hear about scientists everywhere...in advertises...everywhere...and people-not-that-smart really believe everything when they hear that it comes from the mouth of a scientist..all though this might be false..but they just need that certainty...so philosophers may dissapear....but THEY ARE NOT USELESS...most of scientists are...my philosophy teacher told me once that he thinks that what these scientists are doing today is pseudoscience. See ya.

Answer 3

It depends on your definition of the term. I don't believe a philosopher uses logical thought alone. He is a mathematician, a scientist, a psychologist, etc. There are only conventions in society. An individual might choose to go beyond the typical boundaries of a philosopher. In fact, there are schools of thought that require you to think outside the box.

Answer 4

Apparently you do not know much about the real questions in contemporary philosophy, or its history. and what in the world do psychologists have to do with philosophical questions? Logical thought has proved useless? Scientific method itself RELIES upon inductive thinking. Geez! Logic is useless? Jesus, you better check to see if the sun rises as usual tomorrow, then, because you have no clue. So, I need to throw all my logic theorems? The whole universe just rendered them invalid? The word not no longer indicates negation? The word and is no longer conjunctive? The word or is no longer disjunctive? Modus Tollens no longer works? Modal logic operators denoting possibility and necessity no longer have meaning? The law of noncontradiction no longer works?

Philosophy no longer plays a defining role in the evolution of scientific method? It no longer plays a defining role in questions over mind and consciousness? If your answers are no, then you do not know what is going on in the decision making, research universities.

Answer 5

A) There is philosophy to quantum mechanics.

B) I'm afraid not even science ranks high to the masses. Knowledge as a whole is sluff. Unnecessary as "someone else" will always take care of it.

C) The power of words will not lose out entirely. Though we may be dragged to our knees, on the brink of extinction, words will not die out. When will we fight back though? When will we bring science to trial? It killed the arts. Exiled the moon in her poetic beauty. Black mailed or coerced the masses into obedient submission. Its tirade against romance, against passion, against beauty. More chaotic than Aris, its changing planes strike out at fellow and opposition. Constantly destroying its precedent. It turns on its first allies. Look at how poor Pluto has been emasculated. Look at the moon, in her beauty, the would condemn her to watch from millions of miles away.

Sheesh though, I doubt that scientists could turn personification into an armada. I now bow out, my apologies for the tangential tyrade I lead.

Answer 6

Yes spiritual which science have no evidence of, and having elements power by human also another thing science cannot explain

Have you heard Albert Eienstien saying - science without religions is lame, and religions without science is blind?