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To: js1138; betty boop; cornelis
Thank you for your reply!

My remark at 631 ("all attempts of science to unseat philosophy notwithstanding") speaks to the inclination of many in the science community to suggest that knowledge gained through science is more valuable or certain than knowledge gained through philosophy instead of the other way around.

682 posted on 12/13/2005 12:32:53 PM PST by Alamo-Girl
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To: Alamo-Girl
...speaks to the inclination of many in the science community to suggest that knowledge gained through science is more valuable or certain than knowledge gained through philosophy

I tend to agree with this view. I would say philosophy has tools for evaluating knowledge, just as mathematics does, but I do not see philosophy adding knowledge.

736 posted on 12/13/2005 4:10:03 PM PST by js1138 (Great is the power of steady misrepresentation.)
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