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The Scientific Philosophy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2022

James K. Feibleman*
Affiliation:
Tulane University

Extract

Science is a comparatively recent affair, but the alternatives at our command in philosophy are old ones. The range of Greek philosophy seems to have an astonishing stability. The philosophy of religion was used for centuries to bolster religion. It is some indication of the rapid growth of the prestige of science that now the philosophy of science is used to bolster philosophy.

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Discussion
Copyright
Copyright © Philosophy of Science Association 1961

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