Dilip K. Pandey:
Philosophy is the Mother of Science,wat do u thnk?
Hi Friends,Should we believe Francis Bacon when he calls philosophy "the mother of the sciences," or John Locke when he calls her a "handmaiden to the sciences"? I believe we willdiscover that here, as in the case of most false dilemmas, the truth lies somewhere in between. Let's explore the extent to which philosophy and science need each other... Let us work out for 'Unification'.
Sudeep Bhattacharya:
It is Very Difficult to Conjugate Philosophy and Science.Philosophy is more about beliefScience is more about facts;they call it rationaleIt is more of an antimatter of Science.What do u say....?"u belive in what u see, rest all is philosophy....."
Dilip K Pandey:
@Sudeep,
Yes, you are absolutely right when you say that "It is Very Difficult to Conjugate Philosophy and Science.",even I dont want to do that, but the driving force behind this topice for me was in my early ages, I used to read that "There is only one Ultimate Power or Force which driving our whole universe"...(as you said this is something about philosophy- "Philosophy is more about belief") and the same time I was taught about different types of Forces in Science...this was really out my understanding capabilities during my childhood...years passed...after almost an decade suddenly I read that a Group of Scientists is working on "Unification of Forces"...that made me recall all that was just a philosophy for me long back ...and I realized what this "Unified Force Theory" is going to be...
This is just an example of one of the reasons that make think in the direction which leads to a Belief that "Is the Philosophy mother of Science...?"...After all, even if Philosophy, directly or indirectly, provides a ground which you cant see("u belive in what u see, rest all is philosophy....."), then too its worth talking about such a topic, isn't it ?
Anushree Ghisad :
Philosophy gives you a distinct vision to prcieve the life, it can expand your thinking horizons, provides you new dimensions........science can take you upto certain limits and well explain the reasons for something happening, but it cannot always provide you with certain logics, and here where philosophy comes to its aid.Also, there are many evidences in science where there is no concrete proof for many basic laws.Take for example zeroth law and very popular first law of thermodynamics.First law says ` energy can neither be created nor be destroyed, but total amount of energy in the universe remains constant`, or in other word it is impossible to create a machine without expenditure of work.
There is no mathematical proof for these laws, but they were declared as laws only because nobody could violete them or prove them wrong.And see,chemical engineering, mechanical, thermal and power engineering have used these laws as basis of entire engineering. in chemical industries, this is the crux of unit operatins and process calculations.
Anushree Ghisad :
All I want to say is, science cannot provide concrete reasoning for everything, because it has got limitations..........but philosoophy is all about belief, and aptly said in BHAGVADGITA ,` a man is made by his beliefs. As he believes, so he is`philosophy can explains reason behind everything, absolutely everything in this universe. Scince is created by man, but philosophy is immortal. At certain point in our lives, we are bound to accept it there is a HEIGHER FORCE which is guiding you, it is the ultimate truth in the universe, it is watching us all, all human being, those who have created science, so it ought to be far more superior than scinnce.....
Dilip K. Pandey:
@Anushree
Great thought...I wish this process be to much stronger...keep on writing...
