• Honytawk@lemmy.zip
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    Philosophy is the science of thinking.

    You are already doing it on an amateur level. Imagine what a professional would be capable of.

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      10 days ago

      I only consider science those fields that can describe nature and assert this depiction of nature vie repeatable experiments. Thus I don’t agree on philosophy being a science.

      I algo don’t agree that a professional would have better morals than me. Due the personal nature of what morality is.

      Imagine I say my morals are the best, how is any professional philosopher to prove me wrong? It’s not possible. But if I say that “climate change is not real” a lot of climate scientist could show me evidence and offer me a set of experiments to undoubtedly prove me wrong.

      I think of philosophy as a form of literature.

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        10 days ago

        What we now call science developed directly out of philosophy. You don’t get to have science without it.

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          And the bible used to be considered an explanation on the origins of earth and the human being.

          Luckily as time goes on humanity have been able to understand nature in better ways than we used to.