Why do you think scientist and technologist need philosophy?

Science and technology are about knowing how to do things. Philosophy is about knowing why.

Philosophy has a bad reputation in a pragmatic age. But it is worth knowing. When I see the sad state of our body politic I have to be philosophical.

They don't. Philosophy is just letting your thoughts run wild, in a totally undisciplined fashion. It might make you feel good to blab on and on about The Twelve Absolute Rules Of Logical Deduction, but it's really all uncontrolled, unprovable, untestable babble.

Science and technology are founded on testable, measurable, reproducible, verifiable facts and methods. Just the opposite of philosophy. That said, you could still say: it's a "philosophy" to say "I will stick with testable, measurable, reproducible, verifiable facts and methods".

It comes from one's philosophical scope and comprehension of reality. How could science have first come into being at all if it wasn't imagined and given form by the philosophical focus upon its precepts, and possible applications? After all, even scientific interpretation is subject to the observer's philosophical interpretations upon what is actually being observed.

Philosophy works hand in hand with scientific research. It is philosophy that reigns in POSSIBILITY for scientific application.It is the thinking about something and WONDERING about it that has brought us some of our greatest scientific achievements. As a matter of fact, ALL of them.

The ancient Greeks were correct in perceiving philosophy and science as one organic whole. Dissecting them and sloughing one part off (philosophy) as meaningless is an unfortunate misunderstanding of the very heart of science. Philosophy |f?

Läs? F? |noun ( pl.

-phies)the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence, esp. When considered as an academic discipline. See also natural philosophy .

• a set of views and theories of a particular philosopher concerning such study or an aspect of it : a clash of rival socialist philosophies. • the study of the theoretical basis of a particular branch of knowledge or experience : the philosophy of science. • a theory or attitude held by a person or organization that acts as a guiding principle for behavior : don't expect anything and you won't be disappointed, that's my philosophy.

ORIGIN All you have to do is note the definition of the word 'philosophy' itself to understand what its value to science is.

I don't. And I also think this question has been asked enough times here, already.

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