Science vs. Philosophy

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The Similarities and Differences Between Science and Philosophy

      Before enumerating the similarities and differences between the two let me define them first. According to the dictionary philosophy means "The study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence, esp. when considered as an academic discipline.", while science means "The intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural". With enough change from the fallacy of equivocation, it can be said that they have the same meaning... and that is wrong. They used to be the same when philosophy meant science but now philosophy is different being every person who says an inspirational quote can be said as a philosopher, well of course they're not. In many aspects they help each other become better and more broad. Speaking for how broad they are, there are so many categories in each subject that they can make the universe look like an ant in a field of crops.

         I got a little off topic because they are just that broad that you can't help but cite other examples. Science helps philosophy by using facts from discoveries to use as evidences for making generalizations while philosophy helps science by using it's unique world-view and universal principles. In other words, with every advancement in the field of science, it also develops the philosophical methodology. On the other hand, philosophical statements are used for summing up achievements in specialized sciences. In conclusion, science helps philosophy more if viewed in a measurable way but one cannot function without the other.

References: Dialectical Materialism (A. Spirkin)Chapter 1. Philosophy As A World-View And A Methodology

Philosophy Is Not a Science by Julian Friedland

             It is what the title implies. The author states that philosophy is not a science and cites examples to prove his point. In summary it says there that philosophy back in the day used to be "all that" but for an idea to be counted as a philosophical discovery it needs to be investigated in it's own terms or else it would be in another branch of science. In the end, scientific discoveries are less likely  to succeed in gaining permanent place in the heart of logic whereas discoveries made in the philosophical way gains immortality because of the unique way of proving statements that philosophy uses.