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Re:Scientists are suggesting that depression is a result of ... by randallsquared on Sunday January 04, 2015 @11:51PM (#8837345)

Philosophy and science aren't opposed. Philosophy is conjecture about fields in which we don't know enough to have a science, yet. This is not a dig at philosophy; it's important to keep searching for answers so that we do get enough evidence to build a science.

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Re:Scientists are suggesting that depression is a result of ... by javert on Tuesday January 06, 2015 @02:33AM (#8843280)

I don't agree with that at all. Philosophy should and can be held to the same rigor as science, i.e., objectivity.

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Re:Scientists are suggesting that depression is a result of ... by randallsquared on Tuesday January 06, 2015 @10:17AM (#8844669)

I think there are at least some philosophical topics which are non-objective by nature. Consider whether to be a solipsist. ;) More seriously, if you don't believe in an objective morality, then moral philosophy is a subject which qualifies.

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Re:Scientists are suggesting that depression is a result of ... by javert on Thursday January 08, 2015 @08:00PM (#8860111)

Something that is non-objective by nature is a matter of faith, not philosophy.

I do believe in objective morality. Morality is simply the study of what we should do. What should we do? That question is perfectly open to scientific enquiry.

If Hume was right---that the question cannot be answered scientifically---then that's the end of moral philosophy and the beginning, perhpas, of morality based in faith. but I do not agree with Hume.

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