EDUCATION (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Philosophy may be called the “science of sciences” probably in the sense that it is, in effect, the self-awareness of the sciences and the source from which all the sciences draw their world-view and methodological principles, which in the course of centuries have been honed down into concise forms.

Detailed explanation-2: -Science is about contingent facts or truths; philosophy is often about that but is also about necessary truths (if they exist). Science is about descriptive facts; philosophy is often about that but is also about normative and evaluative truths (if such truths exist).

Detailed explanation-3: -Philosophy, like all other studies, aims primarily at knowledge. The knowledge it aims at is the kind of knowledge which gives unity and system to the body of the sciences, and the kind which results from a critical examination of the grounds of our convictions, prejudices, and beliefs.

Detailed explanation-4: -Explain the relation between philosophy and science. Ans : Philosophy is a comprehensive study of the universe as a whole. It enquires into the nature of the universe in which we live, the nature of the human soul, and its destiny and the nature of God or the Absolute and their relation to one another.

Detailed explanation-5: -Philosophy and science share the tools of logic, conceptual analysis, and rigorous argumentation. Yet philosophers can operate these tools with degrees of thoroughness, freedom, and theoretical abstraction that practicing researchers often cannot afford in their daily activities.