What is philosophy?

❝A Very Short Talk on Philosophy and Science❞

vision A thing that is hard to define. Philosophy is understanding the nature of the world and life. Philosophy attempts to provide a rational explanation of all fundamental questions about the world. Like, who are we? What is the reason for our existence? What is consciousness? What is the nature of truth? What is truth and knowledge the same? Where does morality come from? God is there or not? etc. According to Schelling, ❝Philosophy is the attempt to determine what the world must be in order that it may be understood by mind, and what the mind be in order that it may understand the world.❞. It is the task of philosophy to synthesize fragmented truths and give intelligent ideas. This work is done in three ways, Speculatively, Critically, Constructively. The field of vision is vast. In short, all knowledge is dependent on philosophy. Just as the phylogenetic tree is drawn in the theory of evolution, if we draw a phylogenetic tree including all the knowledge of the world, we will see the philosophy at the root from which other knowledge has originated as branches. Philosophy originates from skepticism about life and the necessity of life.

Science originates from philosophy. Philosophy tries to explain truth holistically, but science tries fragmentarily. Both have the same purpose – to explain the world. The conventional method of science is based on observation and experiment but philosophy is based on logic. This argument can be made in various ways, induction, deduction, abduction, contradiction etc. Science deals with the material world, science says nothing about whether there is anything beyond matter. But there is a branch of philosophy called metaphysics that deals with “beings” outside the material world and the nature of reality.
Science and philosophy are interdependent. For example, in science, hypotheses are formed through complete reasoning to explain a physical phenomenon. They complement each other. What is science? What is the work of science? What is the methodology of science? What is the object? What is the nature of matter? Why is scientific truth not absolute? Philosophy answers the questions etc. Philosophy defines the boundaries of what is science and what is not. More specifically, the philosophy of science.