Condorcet, and Philosophy as the Queen of the Sciences
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It is very widely believed among philosophers, and perhaps the sciences too, that since the scientific revolution philosophy births distinct sciences. An underlying (Kuhnian) idea is that once previously immature fields, where dissensus reigned, have been turned into problem-solving mature fields — in which (as George Smith and Bill Harper would say) data is turned into high quality evidence — they become distinctly scientific. Sometimes this narrative is conjoined to the instructive thought that ‘scientist’ is a fairly recent coinage when
Condorcet, and Philosophy as the Queen of the Sciences
Condorcet, and Philosophy as the Queen of the…
Condorcet, and Philosophy as the Queen of the Sciences
It is very widely believed among philosophers, and perhaps the sciences too, that since the scientific revolution philosophy births distinct sciences. An underlying (Kuhnian) idea is that once previously immature fields, where dissensus reigned, have been turned into problem-solving mature fields — in which (as George Smith and Bill Harper would say) data is turned into high quality evidence — they become distinctly scientific. Sometimes this narrative is conjoined to the instructive thought that ‘scientist’ is a fairly recent coinage when