is philosophy a branch of science?

See the link Notes on “Induction in Physics and Philosophy”, especially the posts covering the later lectures.

 

In particular the introduction to lecture 7 is as follows:

 

Lecture 7 The Science of Philosophy

So far in this course we have established

  • what induction is and how it is done
  • induction is the same in physics and philosophy
  • mathematics is essential in physics
  • mathematics is inapplicable to philosophy

The conflicting role of mathematics in physics and philosophy is the “real problem of induction”. How is this reconciled?