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From: marcoj@ai.rl.af.mil (James D. Marco)
Subject: Re: Does AI make philosophy obsolete?
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In article <42phkv$1lh@sun0.urz.uni-heidelberg.de>,
raa@epikur.ita.uni-heidelberg.de (Richard Auer) wrote:

> In article <48@eildon.win-uk.net>, award@eildon.win-uk.net (Alastair
Ward) writes:
> |>  
> |> In article <draperjv.68.000E67F3@ornl.gov>, John Draper
(draperjv@ornl.gov) writes:
> |> 
> |> >It seems to me that the fundamental role of science is to answer the
question, 
> |> >"How?"; and the role of philosophy is to answer the question,
"Why?". That 
> |> >both sometimes mistakenly take up questions better left to the other
in no way 
> |> >invalidates either.
> |> >
> |> I am not sure this is really true. If we look around us at the incredible
> |> variety of life forms then is it not the case that Darwin's theory of the
> |> survival of the fittest answers the question "Why".
> 
> I agree. Scientists try to answer both questions in a combination of
thought and
> experiment (leading to the stupid concept, at least here in Germany, of
> separating the theoretical and experimental scientists). Without thought, the
> experiments become meaningless. Without the experiments, the thought becomes
> meaningless.

Well said!                           #;-)  marcoj@ai.rl.af.mil
