Re: Question: Philosophy of Science - is it Relevant?
- From: cliff_lundberg@xxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2005 00:38:43 -0400 (EDT)
> my friend, a Philosopher of Science, thinks that
> Philosophy of Science has an impact on scientific thinking
First there's the thing, then there's the philosophy about the thing.
It's a one-way process. The philosopher presumes too much when
he thinks his efforts in philosophizing about something are anything
like doing the thing itself.
As to the claim of having an impact, that should be illustrated
with examples, if it's true. I don't think that because of Kuhn,
new paradigms find easier acceptance. I don't think I define
things better than others do because I learned about the
definiens and the definiendum etc.
Philosophy is fun. We do it for its own sake. It can give us
perspective, which ennobles and calms our thinking.
Insofar as philosophy affects science, it *is* science.
Cliff
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