Philosophy has come to include, for us, a wide range of theoretical questions that typically look beyond what we can answer by experimental enquiries. While science asks how matter behaves, and tests its theories with observation, philosophy asks what matter is, or how observation can teach us anything. While mathematics asks what the sum of 2 and 7 is, philosophy asks what the number 2 is, and whether 2 plus 7 could ever make anything but 9.


Presocratic Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction (2004) - Ch. 6 : Pythagoras and other mysteries

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Philosophy has come to include, for us, a wide range of theoretical questions that typically look beyond what we can answer by experimental...

Philosophy has come to include, for us, a wide range of theoretical questions that typically look beyond what we can answer by experimental...

Philosophy has come to include, for us, a wide range of theoretical questions that typically look beyond what we can answer by experimental...

Philosophy has come to include, for us, a wide range of theoretical questions that typically look beyond what we can answer by experimental...