Posted: Jun 14, 2011 4:50 pm
Given the breadth of both, it rather depends upon the branch of each.
The obvious old cliché is that science grew out of philosophy, though that's not really true. The "God of the Gaps" hypothesis adapted as a definition of philosophy doesn't hold any water for me either, given that philosophy deals intimately with the foundations of what we call science, and that what we call science has in turn been able to apply itself to matters of philosophy.
The obvious old cliché is that science grew out of philosophy, though that's not really true. The "God of the Gaps" hypothesis adapted as a definition of philosophy doesn't hold any water for me either, given that philosophy deals intimately with the foundations of what we call science, and that what we call science has in turn been able to apply itself to matters of philosophy.