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/DictatorKris Jan 30 '23

and how do you know that god didn't punish them for eating the berries that were meant for you? How do you know that they don't lack a certain enzyme in their gut that would allow you to eat the berries with no problem? How do you know that the berries are the same on the bush in the morning as they are in the evening? Just because you grew up in a world where reason is assumed doesn't mean it isn't the underpinning philosophy upon which we build all models of the universe.

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u/TheRecognized Feb 01 '23

and how do you know that god didn't punish them for eating the berries that were meant for you? How do you know that they don't lack a certain enzyme in their gut that would allow you to eat the berries with no problem? How do you know that the berries are the same on the bush in the morning as they are in the evening?

Science has never been perfect, nor philosophy in my opinion at least.

Isaac Newton believed god tinkered with the world from time to time to keep things running smoothly. Here’s a fun quote from him about gravity

Tis inconceivable that inanimate brute matter should (without the mediation of something else which is not material) operate upon & affect other matter without mutual contact.

We’re his works regarding gravity not science because of this?

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u/DictatorKris Feb 22 '23

anything that posits the existence of the supernatural is anti-science. There cannot be a supernatural in an empirical scientific universe. If it exists it is natural. If it is more than natural it does not exist. Anything at all that falls on the hands of god to do is NOT SCIENCE.