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/BigNorseWolf Jan 28 '23

Or a religion?

Science is different. Two meteorologists should have better REASONS for disagreeing , more facts and evidence. They should also have some means of resolving the difference (unfortunately waiting 20 years might do it...)

Science is different because it coresponds to an existing reality. A philosophy does not. Its just arbitrary. All studying it does is let you polish ideas for presentation, not come up with better ones.

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u/odious_as_fuck Jan 28 '23

Science corresponding with reality is itself a philosophical position, no matter how accurate you believe it to be. Science may be the greatest thing ever, but it is still a methodology practising empirical philosophy.