Neil deGrasse Tyson: Has Science Made Philosophy Obsolete? | With Richard Dawkins

[kluge]

I think Daniel Dennet put it best with this quote
"There is no such thing as philosophy-free science; there is only science whose philosophical baggage is taken on board without examination."

[trblcleft]

Just like many philosophers are not well versed in the physical sciences, many physical scientists never opened one book to appreciate the value of philosophy in all its complexities.

[riccardocuciniello]

"philosopher is a would be scientist without a lab"
He clearly never read a philosophy book. Like, never.

[seermayton-el]

I think my professor said it best when he met him at a talk once:
"You are a brilliant astrophysicist but terrible at philosophy, leave that to us."

[BlitzOfTheReich]

2:32 man this is 100% on point. I studied the presocratics. Some of the most underappreciated individuals.

[chetduke]

So embarrassing to see two figures regularly paraded as heroes of contemporary science showing themselves to be so ignorant of the function and contribution of philosophy.

[tiltltt]

Damn, Dawkings doesn't know his pre-socratics

[Mahmoud-pvro]

Saying that philosophy is dead because some of the metaphysical beliefs in old philosophy are proven to be wrong is quiet the same as saying that science is unreliable because a lot of the old science thought to be facts are now different.
Philosophy varies according to each society and era ... We have to take all human discoveries into account including scientific facts when trying to understand ourselves, morals, societies and beliefs.
In my opinion... During the current circumstances of our world right now like Consumism, Political manipulation, wars, extrimist ideologies and aimlessness among young men... WE NEED PHILOSOPHY MORE THAN EVER.

[sedvepastian]

its funny in the end where he talks about the philosophers that he respects. by his definition there doesnt seem to be a distinction then with a philosopher and a scientist. So what is he arguing about? Also they are engaging in metaphilosophy so theres that.

[deeperdee]

“I’m disappointed because there’s a lot of brain power there that would have contributed mightily.” That’s one of the most pompous things I’ve heard Tyson say, as if science has some intrinsic value far superior to philosophy.

[shihab]

Title: *Two Person Talking about things they don't Understand*

[habibshabani]

Even before Anaxagoras, evolution had been discussed by Anaximander

[KhubbaS]

This is the shallowest discussion of the utility of philosophy I’ve ever heard. He doesn’t have the foggiest idea of what the discipline is about.

[ollielon]

Using philosophy to argue why philosophy was made obsolete by science. Brilliant!

[jerryesque]

There was a time philosophy was literally science, actually philosophy goes with everything. Just because science allows you to manipulate your environment. Doesnt mean you have the philosophy to share its value among a society. Philosophy allows you to retell your life lessons, observations, and meanings as life passes by. Important questions tackled everyday, and it doesn't end. Science manipulates its environment to create toys, that's very understandable yet an appropriate challenge. But philosophy has more of a case by case basis. I think it can save humanities sanity in a materialistic world. Just by that fact it organizes important questions.

[badboogl]

Being smart doesn't mean you're not an idiot, apparently.

[ntandomandlamakwela]

Every single word they have used to claim that philosophy is dead, require philosophical foundations in order to possess any meaning or substance.

[doctordave]

"The philosopher is a would-be scientist without a laboratory" — FFS, this man doesn't even understand what questions philosophy is concerned with. For a smart guy, he really says a lot of very dumb things about the nature of science.

[batcanal]

What about the ethics of science? About the concept of truth, and if its possible to achieve it? Anti philosophy scientists are often materialists... Which is a philosophical theory. A heavily ontological one.

[liberalirishman]

So much still dependant upon Philosophy. Politics, ethics, epistemology etc.