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Old 12-29-2012, 02:59 AM   #2
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Default Re: practicality of philosophy today

It has a place, the place you grant it. Science is only a perceived set of answers. We can't answer a basic question of "what is real" or "what is right and wrong" and many other questions along these lines. We can only offer a perception of what we think the answer to be. Science is as flawed as religion is in this regard. The reason science is valued is because it uses the ideals of philosophy to explain things in a perception we can comprehend. Namely the part that if new "evidence" comes along to suggest a change in "fact" it changes with it, or in short, there aren't any actual answers. (This is my understanding of this though.)

You know funny thing is, this was an essay question on my final exam for the Philosophy course I just finished myself. "What is the value of philosophy?" I actually at the time left it blank. I couldn't answer it. I still somewhat feel I can't beyond "whatever place I grant it."
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