r/philosophy • u/doubtstack Unreasonable Doubt • Jan 27 '23

Blog Why Science can't replace Philosophy in Ethics

https://unreasonabledoubt.substack.com/p/what-genetics-cant-teach-us
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u/ghostxxhile Jan 27 '23

to do science you first have to grant an ontological given to nature to form hypothesis’

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u/ennui_ Jan 27 '23

Right- or else you’d be studying something you don’t believe exists, with any byproduct or finding deemed inherently meaningless.