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In article <bortg7$1r7$1@bob.news.rcn.net>,
Watson & Parisi <niche@rcn.com> wrote:
>"Harry Conover" <hhc314@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>> "Dio" <dadaismo@tin.it> wrote in message
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>> > Science and philosophy (or epistemology) have been very important for
>our
>> > knowledge.
>> > But nowadays what is the main difference between science and philosophy?
>> >
>> > What do you think about?
>> >
>>
>> I think that no useful results have ever emerged from philosophy,
>> hence philosophy is closely akin to metal masturbation.
>>
>> If you believe I'm wrong, please provide an example.
>>
>>                                                   Harry C.
>
>The example is science itself. Empiricism is one epistemological philosophy
>among others, and the scientific method is its application. Science didn't
>spring fully armed from the head of Zeus, you know. It evolved out of
>philosophy, which includes the philosophy of science.

And philosophers have studied the history of science to try to determine 
how science is done, and what they can say about its philosophy.

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