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RE: The -1/99+ Rule

in #science7 years ago

You seem to have a narrow view of philosophy when you say it has been made outdated by advancements in science. What then of fields such as Ethics and it's subdivisions (concerning medical advancements, AI, changing society)? It seems almost like you seem to embrace scientific/empirical truths which provide hard data as the only valuable things, but to me this seems like a very narrow view of the world. While philosophy may be outdated to shed new light on the material world, there is much more to the world we live in than just matter and things. Try explaining society, love, friendship, loyalty, free will, etc. in the ways of hard data and maybe then philosophy and soft sciences will be obsolete.
To me, science is just a tool, not a religion.

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Ethics are not needed for scientific advancements. This has been more than evident in the past. In other works the science can work and humans without a philosophy degree can still take the decisions. Ethics are subjective.

I don't embrace just hard data. I am saying that philosophical thought or spiritual contemplations can be done by anyone. No need for specialisation. An empirical scientist can do just fine in the philosophy department.

Try explaining society, love, friendship, loyalty, free will, etc. i

We can and we have been doing this and it is a much better way to do it rather than explaining it through philosophy.

in the ways of hard data and maybe then philosophy and soft sciences will be obsolete.
To me, science is just a tool, not a religion.

yes. science is a tool. nobody said otherwise. I am just saying that philosophy is dead. Epistemology is essentially philosophy 2.0.