tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8392804955786463612.post5425370864432880206..comments2024-01-03T15:34:49.620+00:00Comments on Ian Wardell: Philosophical Thoughts: Why Philosophy is importantIan Wardellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05999029760897196102noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8392804955786463612.post-80756305462414237122014-08-20T16:18:35.546+01:002014-08-20T16:18:35.546+01:00Feynman has a point of course - just as the theory...Feynman has a point of course - just as the theory of the scientific method doesn't really correspond to how science actually occurs on a day to day basis. <br /><br />However, on a larger scale, the clashes that occur between groups and worldviews does require a stance 'outside of itself' to help provide insight and resolve matters, an awareness of how things haven't really been happening as one assumed they were. Philosophy is the 'meta' that helps us manage and understand the endeavour as a whole, just as a knowledge of the true history of science (and, say, the mystical leanings of many of the big scientists of the early 20th Century) and how it has gradually become more of a case of 'technological development' effort than the 'natural philosophy' approach that it was (in many areas), helps us retain a context within which to view progress.<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Paul_Karl_Feyerabend" rel="nofollow">Paul Feyerabend</a>'s take, for instance, helps us be wary of the sneaky assumptions we might be making about the structure of progress and the nature of theories. Etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com