Many believe that science and
philosophy do not correlate. It is quite easy to be tricked by the way they
portray themselves throughout history and the arguments that these two concepts
had against each other. Although it is seemingly impossible for these two to be
related, there are actually many contributions and reasons to why science is
important to philosophy.
One would
have to be that by knowing how our brain functions, we will get a step closer
to how our consciousness works. This idea of researching the brain for
knowledge of the consciousness comes from neurophilosophy, mainly contributed
by Patricia Churchland. This form of philosophy incorporates both science and philosophy
to work together to come up with even greater theologies and ideas. As we study
and dive deeper into how our brain functions and works, it’ll be easier to have
a peak at the understanding of consciousness and what influences our thinking.
Study of psychology also will help us determine the main factors of influence
on our behavior as well as our philosophy. Because science strengthens our
understanding of the mind, it is most definite that science is extremely
important to philosophy.
Another
reason would have to be the fact that philosophy relies on science for
approval. Philosophers often tend to ask
questions that are very scientific and logical. For example, when a phenomena
such as what happened in the film “Voodoo Voodoo” where miracles happen after a
chant, they would rely on scientific ways of thinking to figure out how and why
this phenomena happened. Philosophers would not say just say, “It happened, so
it happened. I completely believe it without any further explanation or proof.”
They would instead try to find ways to disprove or prove it SCIENTIFICALLY.
Another example would have to be when someone claims to have seen the future.
One would not just believe that person and become a worshipper, but start to
question how and be a little more skeptic about such things. These questions
would most likely be science related questions such as “How is that even
possible? Is there any evidence that this would happen?” Accordingly,
Philosophy tends to rely on scientific proof for answers and their ideals seem
to reflect upon it.
It is
not only philosophy that requires science, but science also most definitely
needs philosophy. Science tends to turn to philosophical ideas when it comes to
phenomena that cannot be explained through scientific research. These phenomena
tend to be very religious or philosophical which grabs the attention of the
people who have a more scientific viewpoint. When a person cannot fully
comprehend an event or miracle that occurred through science, it is most likely
that that person will turn to philosophy for answers and ideas.
This
relationship that science and philosophy have on one another is very true in
many cases. The very fact that we tend to seek one or the other show how much
dependency they have on each other, and we tend not to recognize that. People
generally believe they are opposites, and have absolutely no relationship, but
that is the very reason why they have such a strong bond, being opposites.
Without science, there won’t be philosophy, and vice versa.
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