What Role Does Philosophy of Science Play in Science?
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>No, there are no internal wheels; nature, as we understand it today, behaves in such a way that it is fundamentally impossible to make a precise prediction of exactly what will happen in a given experiment. This is a horrible thing; in fact, philosophers have said before that one of the fundamental requisites of science is that whenever you set up the same conditions, the same thing must happen. This is simply not true; it is not a fundamental condition of science. he fact is that the same thing does not happen, that we can find only an average, statistically, as to what happens. Nevertheless, science has not completely collapsed. Philosophers, incidentally, say a great deal about what is absolutely necessary for science, and it is always, so far as one can see, rather naive, and probably wrong.
Is philosophy of science a joke field? Are philosophers all just mental masturbators who have no business commenting on scientific matters?
Is philosophy of science a joke field? Are philosophers all just mental masturbators who have no business commenting on scientific matters?
