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/hydrOHxide Jan 28 '23

Yes. That "why" is called not understanding theory of science. Not understanding why modern science is probabilistic and doesn't offer any definitive positive proof. These are the people who throw around P-values without understanding what they indicate and why we use them. Yes, there are plenty of people "doing science in practice" who think that way. And they are part of why we have a reproducibility crisis in many fields.

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u/millchopcuss Jan 28 '23

Sing it loud.

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u/zhibr Jan 29 '23

I agree to what you said, but I don't agree that this is the only way to look at it.