The Relation between Philosophy and Science

The Relation between Philosophy and Science

Science and philosophy originally arose together and that the special sciences only gradually split off from philosophy as human knowledge increased. Consequently, philosophy is rightly named "The Mother of the Sciences." 

Science is derived from Latin word Scienta which means knowledge. Science is the study of nature and behaviours of the materials and physical universe which is based on the observation, experiment also measurement and the formulation of laws of describe these facts in a generals terms. Scientists themselves have coined the historical accounts of their disciplines. By the early seventeenth century, histories of physics, chemistry, geology, anatomy and various emerging disciplines were appearing frequency. Many scientists of all over the world proved that science is socially beneficial and is reliable.

Aspects of agreement between philosophy and science

1-Philosophy and science are both try to explain situation and find answers.

2-Philosophy and science are both did not succeed in reaching an absolute theory about man or universe.

Aspects of difference between philosophy and science

1-Science is concerned with the natural phenomena while philosophy attempts to understand the nature of man, existence and the relationship that exists between the two concepts.

2-Philosophy is based on reason. Its methods use logical argumentation. Science, by contrast, its methods use observation, experiment and empirical data.

3-Science is objective while philosophy is subjective.

4-Philosophy at its best is a trial-and-error process of getting at the truth through persistent probing and self-criticism. Science gives us a particularly rigorous way of doing this by experimenting, researching, investigating the nature of things, and offering rigorous theories with mathematical or conceptual precision.

5-Philosophy rather than science contributes to the advancement of scientific knowledge as a whole. It alone can stand outside all the sciences and see them as a whole by means of imaginative speculation.

6- The sciences ask limited questions about Man or questions about specific sides of the human life. Philosophy asks the most universal question about Man.