Major Lessons Learned

Major lessons learned are that there are big difference between Philosophy and Science. Philosophers like to start with their conclusions and work to prove them.  When it came to trying to figure out what the world was like, philosophers tended to argue about what the world should be like.  Science was born as a rejection of this method.  Its goal was to figure out what the world was really all about and its primary tool was actual experimentation.

        We've all seen philosophy at its worst.  Philosophers are often completely disconnected from reality and more recently, don't care. It's not surprising science would want to distance itself from philosophy.  It becomes even more personal for the scientist when he's told that he must conform to preconceived views of the world.

Science vs Philosophy

1. What are the similarities and differences between Science and Philosophy?
2. Write a SHORT CRITIQUE PAPER ABOUT THIS ARTICLE:

Philosophy Is Not a Science
By JULIAN FRIEDLAND 

        There is a definite distinction between philosophy and science. Philosophy and science may be somewhat confusing for many because of their interrelatedness most especially that there are many arguments between them. Many sciences depend on philosophy and vice versa. Science is best likened to the human mind while philosophy is to the human heart. Science, in general, seeks to understand natural phenomena. It is more concerned on empirical evidences and testable hypotheses. By empirical, it means that which can be observed or experimented on. By contrast, philosophy is vaguer. Defining it in one concrete sentence may not define it entirely. I would say the difference between science and philosophy is that of certainty and doubt. Where science is based upon certainty to study the strange, unexplained and chaotic. Philosophy in general is a skeptical study of everything. It is based upon doubt as the starting pointing. Where scientific empirical approach would seek to prove every theory wrong and therefore through the methods of elimination reach the one that cannot be proven wrong and therefore, a philosophical mind would not allow itself any such station of certainty until it could simply doubt no more.

The author implies that we need to restore philosophy as the "mother of all knowledge." I agree with the author. Logic and math are not proven by science, they are presupposed by it. Indeed, there are many forms of nonscientific and objective knowledge. Through introspection (not science), I know I certainly exist. Through Logic (not science), I know all animals are either rabbits or nonrabbits. Through math (not science), I know 2+2=4. Through language (not science), I know all bachelors are unmarried. Philosophy still may have a place in the tradition it began and that produced the modern sciences, but what remains for it to do that its founders failed to should be its focus, not new fields of philosophy. Scientists can help out by using their real names, biologist, chemist not 'scientist’. I think it's right that Philosophy deals with what is necessarily true, and science deals with what is true. Another way of saying the same thing is that Philosophy deals with what is possible and science tries to determine which actual are possible. For this reason, Science needs philosophy because Science takes its assumptions about what is possible for granted. In short, there is great value in philosophy and much of philosophy is objective.

My Ideal Philosopher

1. Who is your ideal philosopher? Why?

2. For you, what is the greatest idea or belief of your ideal philosopher? Elaborate

My Ideal Philosopher is Confucius. Confucius is the one whose legacy has had the greatest positive influence upon the lives of the most people.

The ethics use by Confucius is both political and social. His theories of familial loyalty and ancestor worship are the basis for ideal government and evolve from three concepts. Liis ethical action which arises from natural law and not from traditional ceremony. Yi arises from social reciprocity. Ren translates as empathy and responsibility toward others. These are condensed as the Golden Rule or expressed in the negative, the Silver Rule “One should not impose upon another what one would not choose for oneself”. Virtuous government will follow when thoughts, words and actions are dedicated to Truth.

Intro to Philosophy and Ethics

1. Why is the study of Philosophy and Ethics important to your development as a student and as a human being?

2. Socrates: I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing. Do you agree or not with this line of thinking? Explain your answer.

Philosophy helps us be reasonable. Learning to be reasonable is of utmost importance because we all have to make choices and accomplish goals. Being reasonable enables us make good choices, accomplish our goals, live a better life, and become better people. It satisfies our sense of being a human being in a unique way. There is a sense of being a human being beyond our jobs, beyond our family, beyond our own benefit. There is a thirst for knowledge of the most difficult issues—reality, reasonableness, and ethics. We want to know how to make the world a better place and prioritize our lives in the best way possible. We want to know more about what it means to be a human being and to contemplate the majesty of our existence.

Agree! Because a true knowledgeable individual do not says that they are knowledgeable instead they do believe that the number or the higher of knowledge they acquired is double or triple to the things or knowledge that they do not know.