What Is Science? What Is Philosophy? What Is the Philosophy of Science?

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[RidwanAlQudbi]

*Detailed Key Points:*

*Nature of Science:* Science is a human investigative endeavor aiming to understand the natural world through explanation and prediction of natural phenomena (00:00-05:15).

*Unified Sciences:* Despite various special sciences like physics and chemistry, they share a unified methodology revolving around empirical justification (05:16-09:25).

*Philosophy:* Philosophy investigates complex questions about the essence of things and serves as the foundation of all academic disciplines (09:26-12:20).

*A Priori vs. A Posteriori:* Philosophical justification is largely nonempirical (a priori), relying on reason and argumentation rather than sensory evidence (12:21-18:15).

*Descriptive vs. Normative:* Descriptive propositions describe what is, while normative propositions express how things ought to be (18:16-24:25).

*Philosophy of Science:* Concerned with understanding the essence of science and its methodology, it critically evaluates science's foundations (24:26-30:20).

*Necessity of Philosophy:* Philosophy of science is crucial as science alone cannot critically examine its own foundations or demarcate what constitutes science (30:21-33:30).

[gamesharkgary]

I didn't know what I'd get out of this video, but I definitely prefer learning concepts like this from videos over books. And thanks for explaining in detail "a priori" and "a posteriori". I've heard them countless times, but never understood them well enough to use them.


I studied chemistry in college and not once was I required to take a philosophy of science class. Nor was one offered. It should be a part of the curriculum for every scientist.

[hansweichselbaum]

Great lecture. Thanks for sharing! After some 20 years of doing philosophy of science, I've never come across a better lecture. It explains and summarises the core concepts of science and philosophy perfectly. Looking forward to the rest of the course. Thanks again!

[luan]

Thank you for the video, it helped me to understand what is philosophy of science.

[t.s.p]

An excellent presentation!!! Thank you.

[islandboy]

Great video, even the greatest scientist of our time like Einstein considered themselves philosophers!

[ahmedsaied]

Great and crystal clear video. Thanks very much

[siriboonkotchaseth]

Thank you for your good lecture on Philosophy of science. You make me understand much more.

[romanboerma]

How can a normative distinction be true or false? If something ought to be like this isn't that the way you want it to be? If not, how can it be objective instead of subjective?

[jimmyfaulkner]

Hi Andrew. Do you think science/physics has made philosophy redundant? Many modern physicists seem to have this attitude (including Stephen Hawking claiming that “philosophy is dead”) that philosophy is useless for science and science/physics does not need philosophy. Do you think this is true?

[humeanrgmnt]

In a nutshell: scientists reason no better than the squirrel in my backyard.

[dr.noorulhafidzahzawawi]

Hi. Very great lecture. I want to let you know that I use your wordings in my PowerPoint slides to my students. I combine with other inputs from other sources too. I hope its okay for you.

[benquinneyiii]

What is the sound of one hand clapping?

[pertevdural]

any transcript of this lecture available?

[adityaupadhayaya]

Why a student should go for this course? What will he get studying it?

[nickolasgaspar]

I don't understand the reason why you distinguish the nature of Science from that of Philosophy. Is it a descriptive or a normative distinction?
Science is an essential step INSIDE Philosophy. Philosophy without this empirical step leaves the gate open for "bad" philosophy.(Mario Bunge, Richard Carrier, Paul Hoyningen).
So this distinction sounds more of a description about their current "condition and relation", not their normative nature and purpose.
The rest of your outline is good, you missed the basic characteristic of the nature of science...Systematicity.

[marcop]

Sorry, this lecture is completely out of target. What's essential in science, of course along with philosophy and experiments, is the employment of mathematics!

[owlnyc]

Philosophy of science, no science of philosophy? 🤔🤔🤔