Quote Originally Posted by cool runings View Post
And that is why I'm not convinced philosophy is a science.

If Peoples beliefs and oppinions are black and white, right or wrong why are we in the situation we are(humanity) at the moment..

coolrunnings
Eastern and European philosophies are somewhat scientific but more aligned with the social sciences.

Modern science however is founded upon western philosophy but also guided by western philosophy. Western philosophy is to science as say traffic lights and speed camera's are to motor vehicle traffic.

An evolutionist says "It's survival of the fittest" and a philosopher, western philosopher, says "But did the fittest survive?". The evolutionist says "Well, those who per chance did not get killed by the earth quake or the forest fire or the meteor shower or the ice age etc survived". The philosopher says "But were they the fittest?" The evolutionist says "No, I guess not - they survived by chance - they were in the right place at the right time". So the philosopher then says "Okay, so it was not survival of the fittest but rather the survival of the survivors and thus survival of the fittest is a tautology - it actually adds no new knowledge to the theory of evolution?" and the evolutionist replies "Yes, you're right - we need to work a little harder on how our theory is explained, thanks for policing our language."

You see we use language to think and so if we do not police our language then we are not policing our thoughts.