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hypersipher

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the need for philosophy
« dnia: Stycznia 06, 2005, 06:42:31 am »
after reading a few posts in here a lot of you seem to think that philosophy is redundant, and never useful because philosophers always disagree despite having argued for thousands of years.

for that i simply say that one should not put down things they don't have adequate information about. even the computer you're typing on is based on truth-tables of binary logic derived in pure philosophy.

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Re: the need for philosophy
« Odpowiedź #1 dnia: Stycznia 06, 2005, 03:55:22 pm »
I seriously doubt if the 01 tables were invented by philosophers. What interest they are of for  a philosopher? It is a work of logic; mathematical logic, to be more precise.
All you can do as a philosopher is argue about it.


Karel

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Re: the need for philosophy
« Odpowiedź #2 dnia: Stycznia 06, 2005, 06:43:30 pm »
Looks like this forum was infiltrated by gang of philosophers

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Re: the need for philosophy
« Odpowiedź #3 dnia: Stycznia 07, 2005, 02:36:22 am »
Damn right!  >:(

(No offence to hypersipher, we're just kiddin'; however the perimeter is indeed ,,saturated with philosophers'')....
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hypersipher

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Re: the need for philosophy
« Odpowiedź #4 dnia: Stycznia 07, 2005, 04:15:18 am »
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I seriously doubt if the 01 tables were invented by philosophers. What interest they are of for  a philosopher? It is a work of logic; mathematical logic, to be more precise.
All you can do as a philosopher is argue about it.



Yup, they were indeed. Its called "truth-tables" and the basic operations of the machine code in a computer science language such as "and, or, nand, nor, xor, xnor" etc are made by philosophers. If you have ever taken computer science/programming at university or know anyone who has, they usually require you to take a philosophy course as it teaches logic, sentential logic (e.g. in proper wording in programming, syntax consistency etc).

Lol you've come upon a very heated debate among philosophers, they are the ones who invented the "scientific method" ... such as aristotle; 1. hypothesis, 2. empirical results/tests, 3. conclusion (affirmation or rejection of hypothesis). The problem is that philosophers see science as just one way of looking at the universe, scientists see it as the only way.

Remember Einstein? His equation e=mc^2 was actually conceptualized by Schopenhauer, a philosopher who lived a 100 years before Einstein. Schopenhauer had stated that energy and matter are interchangeable. Einstein simply put it in an equation, another form of representation: mathematical. Or atoms, who thought of those? greek philosophers did. The Euclidean or Cartesian plane, the dimensions of space by Kant, all philosophers.

I hope you see the point

Karel

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Re: the need for philosophy
« Odpowiedź #5 dnia: Stycznia 07, 2005, 02:33:10 pm »
Hm, interesting info hypersipher. Let me ask you a question: Will be Theory of everything finally created by philosoph or by astrophysic? (or someone else?) What do you think?

hyp

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Re: the need for philosophy
« Odpowiedź #6 dnia: Stycznia 07, 2005, 09:11:22 pm »
''theory of everything'' is generally known as a mathematical concept, a theory combining relativity and quantum physics.

strictly speaking, it will be philosophical in nature. observations made by humans alter the universe at a fundamental level, so we interact with it, so to speak. a theory that accounts for this will have strong ontological background, in addition to physics.

SoGo

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Re: the need for philosophy
« Odpowiedź #7 dnia: Stycznia 09, 2005, 08:22:25 pm »
And if another part of the "all" have another physic :-/

cckeiser

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Re: the need for philosophy
« Odpowiedź #8 dnia: Stycznia 12, 2005, 04:36:45 am »

If memory serves me correctly, I believe it was Kant who was the first person of notoriety to draw the imaginary line between Science and Philosophy. We have attempted to maintain that illusion to this day.
There is no separation between either discipline. All is Philosophy.
Science originated from Greek Philosophy as one of its tools to analyze our Reality.
Philosophy itself originated in an attempt to understand the How and the Why of all Existence.
From my pov, that is what Philosophy is. Philosophy is the search for the answers to how and why we and everything else exists.
The Greeks called it "The Love of Wisdom."
They wisely chose Wisdom over Knowledge. Any mind can acquire knowledge by simply accumulating ‘data.' It is Wisdom that requires the mind to ascertain the pertinence of that knowledge.
Any discipline we use attaining the answers to "Life, the Universe, and Everything" are all tools of Philosophy, and thus are themselves Philosophy, whether it be the Philosophy of Science, the Philosophy of Religion, or Metaphysical Philosophy. They all fall under the umbrella of Philosophy and are used to distinguish between what is truth, and what is illusion.

C.C.Keiser

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Re: the need for philosophy
« Odpowiedź #9 dnia: Stycznia 12, 2005, 05:47:33 pm »
Huh, that's wise.  
Don't get me wrong, I'm not really a fan of distinguishing between science and philosophy. I also have warm feelings for the latter.

So If you feel like all is philosophy, you make a point.

BUT nowadays science tends to narrow specialization. We can't blame people who claim that their scientific work has ,,nothing to do with philosophy''. It's not always a matter of them being ignorant. It's just simpler for them.

SoGo

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Re: the need for philosophy
« Odpowiedź #10 dnia: Stycznia 13, 2005, 03:31:49 pm »
It's fit.  :)
Everything is Philosophy,
And everything you real know is science.

cckeiser

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Re: the need for philosophy
« Odpowiedź #11 dnia: Stycznia 14, 2005, 05:32:17 am »
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It's fit.  :)
Everything is Philosophy,
And everything you real know is science.


Yep!
Philosophers hypothesize: "What if?"
When the theory is proven correct, it is no longer Philosophy, it becomes Science!

Karel

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Re: the need for philosophy
« Odpowiedź #12 dnia: Stycznia 14, 2005, 08:19:21 am »
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Philosophers hypothesize: "What if?"
When the theory is proven correct, it is no longer Philosophy, it becomes Science!

It´s true.

And it is the very first reason why philosophers should newer say "I know everything and Science is worthless."
(I don´t think it is opinion of anybody from here, it´s a real philosopher´s statement from another discussion forum !!)

hypersipher

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Re: the need for philosophy
« Odpowiedź #13 dnia: Stycznia 16, 2005, 07:12:47 pm »
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Yep!
Philosophers hypothesize: "What if?"
When the theory is proven correct, it is no longer Philosophy, it becomes Science!



actually ... that is not correct. Many people confuse the science and philosophy comparison.

Think of philosophy as the heading for seeking truth, and science as a sub-heading. There are many philosophies which are proven correct and they are not called science. Alternatively, many scientific theories that have been previously proven correct fail to satisfy modern questions.

Hierarchially speaking, science is just a child to philosophy and it has absolutely nothing to do with proving or disproving philosophy and making it a science.

Terminus

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Re: the need for philosophy
« Odpowiedź #14 dnia: Stycznia 17, 2005, 02:02:15 am »
I don't like this tone in which you're speaking, all this ,,praise philosophy'' thing.
If everyone was a philosopher, and there was no scientists, You yourself would be a Very Wise Man sitting along with your pointed stick in a nice warm cave, creating the 100th theory about "what tommorow's weather would be like and what does it have to do with my free will".

So pay a little respect.
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