Single Idea 4588

[catalogued under 1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 1. Aims of Science]

Full Idea

There is no such thing as science; there are only sciences: physics, chemistry, meteorology, geology, biology, psychology, sociology.

Gist of Idea

There is no such thing as 'science'; there are just many different sciences

Source

John Heil (Philosophy of Mind [1998], Intro)

Book Reference

Heil,John: 'Philosophy of Mind' [Routledge 1998], p.6


A Reaction

A simple but nice point. It suggests that maybe each science has an entirely different method, and style of reasoning, experiment and explanation. Some have strict laws, others have 'ceteris paribus' laws.