From: steve.devos-AT-krokodile.co.uk
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 22:40:53 +0100 (BST)
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Re:_Collected_Thoughts_-__Philosophy_and_Science?=


Hugh

I am interested in ascertaining whether the view you express which is a
"common sense" understanding of the relationship between science and
philosophy is something that others on the list agree with...

(I don't regard common sense in a negative sense here AT ALL, just to be
clear...)

steve
> 
> Steve/All,
> 
> I have no idea.  It's my opinion, the result of reading various
> authors.  If one or more authors could make it acceptable to you, it
> would then be your opinion.  Would the words of any one author any
> combination of authors make it "true".
> 
> Misunderstandings of philosophy were replaced by understandings of
> science.
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> Hugh/All
>>
>> Who amoungst those out there also regard this statement as a complete
>> misunderstanding of philosophy but also science? Or do you believe
>> that
> this
>> is an accurate and acceptable statement ?
>>
>> >
>> > Philosophy is heir to science. Major transformations of philosophy
>> > came after discoveries of Galileo, Darwin, Einstein, Watson-Crick.