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Vor 2 Tagen · Philosophy (φιλοσοφία, 'love of wisdom', in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, value, mind, and language. It is a rational and critical inquiry that reflects on its own methods and assumptions.
Vor 3 Tagen · Philosophy of science is the branch of philosophy concerned with the foundations, methods, and implications of science. Amongst its central questions are the difference between science and non-science, the reliability of scientific theories, and the ultimate purpose and meaning of science as a human endeavour.
Vor 3 Tagen · e. The scientific method is an empirical method for acquiring knowledge that has characterized the development of science since at least the 17th century. The scientific method involves careful observation coupled with rigorous scepticism, because cognitive assumptions can distort the interpretation of the observation.
Vor 4 Tagen · Aristotle’s thought was original, profound, wide-ranging, and systematic. It eventually became the intellectual framework of Western Scholasticism, the system of philosophical assumptions and problems characteristic of philosophy in western Europe during the Middle Ages.
- Aristotle was one of the greatest philosophers who ever lived and the first genuine scientist in history. He made pioneering contributions to all f...
- After his father died about 367 BCE, Aristotle journeyed to Athens, where he joined the Academy of Plato. He left the Academy upon Plato’s death ab...
- Aristotle’s most famous teacher was Plato (c. 428–c. 348 BCE), who himself had been a student of Socrates (c. 470–399 BCE). Socrates, Plato, and Ar...
- Aristotle wrote as many as 200 treatises and other works covering all areas of philosophy and science. Of those, none survives in finished form. Th...
Vor 4 Tagen · Science, any system of knowledge that is concerned with the physical world and its phenomena and that entails unbiased observations and systematic experimentation. In general, a science involves a pursuit of knowledge covering general truths or the operations of fundamental laws.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Observing the natural world and paying attention to its patterns has been part of human history from the very beginning. However, studying nature t...
- Science uses mathematics extensively as a powerful tool in the further understanding of phenomena. Sometimes scientific discoveries have inspired m...
- All peoples have studied the natural world, but most ancient peoples studied it for practical purposes, such as paying attention to natural cycles...
Vor 3 Tagen · Philosophy is the systematic inquiry into the principles and presuppositions of any endeavor. Almost any area of interest has philosophical aspects. For example, name an area and place the phrase “philosophy of” in front of it as in philosophy of science, philosophy of art, and philosophy of science.
Vor 3 Tagen · What was Voltaire’s philosophy? Voltaire believed above all in the efficacy of reason . He believed social progress could be achieved through reason and that no authority—religious or political or otherwise—should be immune to challenge by reason.
