Re:Why Science Needs Metaphysics
by TuringTest on Friday October 02, 2015 @11:03AM
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> it can eventually explain why something is the way it is.
Not exactly. It can explain "how" it is, but not "why" it is that way.
Unless you take "why" as a shortcut for "how it works in a more detailed framework", which is not how philosophers understand it when doing metaphysics.
Not exactly. It can explain "how" it is, but not "why" it is that way.
Unless you take "why" as a shortcut for "how it works in a more detailed framework", which is not how philosophers understand it when doing metaphysics.