Yes. Science consists in reasoning to the best explanations (you point out such questions above) which are then modeled and deductions from which (i.e. predictions) are experimentally tested until falsified or replaced by better models etc (rinse and repeat). Explanatory models which are well-tested and (so far) unfalsified are considered theories, or scientific knowledge (not mere conjectures). I suspect, forrest, you agree with this description?Problems which are of the form 'How does 'x' occur' and 'Why does 'x' occur' where x is any natural phenomena are scientific. — forrest-sounds
Cite some "natural phenomena" that are explained – experimentally modeled such that they produce "theoretical" results – by philosophy. I cannot. What have I missed?Philosophy is generally theoretical ...
are all a part of philosophy is there anything which inst?Physics, psychology, linguistics, mathematics, logic, chemistry, biology — Banno
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