Q&A: The Science of Philosophy
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The Science of Philosophy
Question
Hello, honorable Rabbi,
I would be glad to know in what sense we relate to the field of philosophy as a science, since it is not open to sensory experimentation?
Thank you very much.
Answer
In no sense whatsoever. See my series of columns, “What Is Philosophy?”
Discussion on Answer
No. Those are hypotheses, not claims in philosophy.
I read the first article and liked it. I wanted to ask whether psychological theories—for example, about babies’ desires and needs and the like, which are often almost impossible to refute—are also included in this?