Dániel Boros Posted September 24, 2012 Report Share Posted September 24, 2012 Where does epistemology end and where does metaphysics start? Also what counts as philosophy of science and what does not, and what can be used to define the scientific method or science and what not? that would be all ty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grames Posted September 24, 2012 Report Share Posted September 24, 2012 On Elm street. I am requesting more context to work with. And also the question about the scientific method should not be included here, make its own thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dániel Boros Posted September 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2012 Okay, would methodological naturalism count as metaphysics or as epistemology? According to wikipedia it counts as epistemology, but why? I am curious whether nature can be defined with things related to science like particles and laws. Also what can one use to define the scientific method? Can I use both epistemology and metaphysics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dream_weaver Posted September 24, 2012 Report Share Posted September 24, 2012 Didn't you lay some groundwork on this here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grames Posted September 25, 2012 Report Share Posted September 25, 2012 Okay, would methodological naturalism count as metaphysics or as epistemology? According to wikipedia it counts as epistemology, but why? I am curious whether nature can be defined with things related to science like particles and laws. Also what can one use to define the scientific method? Can I use both epistemology and metaphysics? Metaphysics is about what exists apart from and prior to consciousness. Epistemology is about method: theories of truth, normative standards for proper thinking, etc. These two fields are distinct but not independent: a certain metaphysics is logically compatible with a corresponding epistemology (although the idea of compatibility and non-contradiction itself imports an implicit epistemology and metaphysics). Methodological naturalism is a method, thus an epistemology. As a method it assumes a certain metaphysics. but those who advocate methodological naturalism wish to both accept and reject that metaphysics. They assert God exists, yet proceed with investigations into natural phenomenon as if God did not exist. Non-contradiction is accepted as an epistemological standard only to a certain point. The philosophy of science relies equally on both metaphysics and epistemology. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plasmatic Posted September 25, 2012 Report Share Posted September 25, 2012 As Peikoff says,any one answer to a philosophical query pressuposes an entire philosophy. dream_weaver 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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