Friday, January 25, 2013

Science is everywhere but above all is the God Almighty

Philosophy

Philosophy is an academic discipline that exercises reason and logic in an attempt to understand reality and answer fundamental questions about knowledge, life, morality and human nature. The ancient Greeks, who were among the first to practice philosophy, coined the term, which means “love of wisdom.” Those who study philosophy are called philosophers. Through the ages, philosophers have sought to answer such questions as, what is the meaning and purpose of life? How do we know what we know? Does God exist? What does it mean to possess consciousness? And, what is the value of morals?

Science

Science is an intellectual activity carried on by humans that is designed to discover information about the natural world in which humans live and to discover the ways in which this information can be organized into meaningful patterns. A primary aim of science is to collect facts (data). An ultimate purpose of science is to discern the order that exists between and amongst the various facts.


This Venn Diagram Shows the difference and similarity between Philosophy and Science. Science focuses on the truth alone while Philosophy focuses on beliefs. The similarity  between them is that they both focus in seeking more knowledge. Science focuses on finding the truth and finding reasons behind those truth. In Philosophy it focuses on belief alone which doesn't need any reasons, only faith alone is enough. Their similarity is that both of them uses knowledge. I have read the article about Philosophy as not being a part of Science. I agree in what the author of the article says. I also believe that Philosophy is not science because in Philosophy it seeks the facts through faith and not on scientific reasons. The article also stated that:
"In sum, philosophy is not science. For it employs the rational tools of logical analysis and conceptual clarification in lieu of empirical measurement. And this approach, when carefully carried out, can yield knowledge at times more reliable and enduring than science, strictly speaking. For scientific measurement is in principle always subject to at least some degree of readjustment based on future observation. Yet sound philosophical argument achieves a measure of immortality."
I also think that it is true, therefore I believe that Philosophy is not Science because Science is Knowledge through Facts while Philosophy is knowledge and faith.

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