Philosophy As a Science A Synopsis of the Writings of Dr. Paul Carus |
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| Carus, Paul |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4929-2480-7 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2013 |
| Publisher: | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $8.99 |
Book Description:
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An excerpt from the Introduction: THE AIM of all my writings centers in the endeavor to build up a sound and tenable philosophy, one that would be as science, objective as any branch of the natural sciences. I do not want to propound a new philosophy of my own but to help in working out philosophy itself, viz., philosophy as a science; and after many years of labor in this field I have come to the conclusion, not only that it is possible, but also that such a conception of...
More DescriptionAn excerpt from the Introduction:
THE AIM of all my writings centers in the endeavor to build up a sound and tenable philosophy, one that would be as science, objective as any branch of the natural sciences. I do not want to propound a new philosophy of my own but to help in working out philosophy itself, viz., philosophy as a science; and after many years of labor in this field I have come to the conclusion, not only that it is possible, but also that such a conception of the world is actually preparing itself in the minds of men.
The old philosophies are constructions of purely subjective significance, while agnosticism, tired of these vain efforts and lacking strength to furnish a better solution of the problem, claims that the main tasks of philosophy cannot be accomplished; but if science exists, there ought to be also a philosophy of science, for there must be a reason for the reliability of knowledge.
Every success of scientific inquiry, every progress of research in the several fields of knowledge, every new invention based upon methodical experiment, is a refutation of agnosticism-the philosophy of nescience-in so far as these several advances corroborate the reliability of science.
Mankind has become more and more convinced of the efficiency of science, and in this sense the philosophy of science prevails even now as a still latent but nevertheless potent factor in the life of mankind, manifesting itself in innumerable subconscious tendencies of the age. We may confidently hope that the future which the present generation is preparing will be the age of science.