Someone explain Philosophy.

[Mr Khan]

sapphi_snake said:

twesterm said:

You equate philosophy to science?  I always put them on the complete opposite end.

It's been a good 10 years since I took my intro philosophy class but science is about things that you can prove and are certain, philosophy is not.

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A man drops a ball from the top of a building.  The physicist asks how tall is the building so he can understand how long it will take to drop.  The philospher asks why the man dropped the ball so he can understand what the man was thinking.

That sounds more like psychology to me. Just add "and how did that make him feel".

Psychology is the semi-hard science of moral philosophy, and a perfect grasp of psychology could theoretically lead to total understanding of political philosophy as well