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Article #3825Re: Natural Philosophy
From: Don H
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 22:20
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 22:20
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I think that - (1) physics, chemistry, geology and astronomy - are the most basic sciences; then comes - (2) biology, with evolution, and ecology; finally - (3) psychology, sociology, etc. Parallel with the actual sciences, is the methodology: (1) mathematics and logic; (2) scientific method, as such; (3) robotics, computers, etc. "Natural Philosophy" also includes bio-ethics: those problems raised by research into genetics, cloning, stem cells use, etc. Natural Philosopy, as such, is agnostic where religion is concerned; but is a useful concept as it broadens the range of "what is science?" without unduly intruding into other fields. (However, the teaching of Theory of Biological Evolution must be insisted on as an integral part of science.) Of course, at infant schooling level, "nature, and us" would be of a simple observational and experimental kind. ================================== Don H wrote in message ... >
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fd648,d8ae7f7e6a186f3d X-Google-Attributes: gidfd648,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-07-10 15:17:46 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.mel.connect.com.au!newshub1.rdc1.nsw.optushome.com.au!news1.optus.net.au!optus!intgwpad.nntp.telstra.net!newsfeeds.bigpond.com!not-for-mail From: "Don H" <donlhumphries@bigpond.com> Newsgroups: aus.science References: <oAL17.24100$e5.68968@newsfeeds.bigpond.com> Subject: Re: Natural Philosophy Lines: 26 X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Message-ID: <6YK27.25957$e5.83862@newsfeeds.bigpond.com> Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 08:20:27 +1000 NNTP-Posting-Host: 144.134.175.182 X-Trace: newsfeeds.bigpond.com 994802562 144.134.175.182 (Wed, 11 Jul 2001 08:02:42 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 08:02:42 EST Organization: Telstra BigPond Internet Services (http://www.bigpond.com)