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    This document provides an overview of philosophy of science. It discusses that philosophy is the study of fundamental questions about existence, reason, knowledge, and language, while science is the systematic study of the natural world through testable explanations. The main areas or branches of philosophy are epistemology, logic, ethics, aesthetics, and metaphysics. Philosophical methods include questioning, critical discussion, rational argument, and systematic presentation. Mastering philosophy requires skills like analyzing arguments, imagining alternatives, stating ideas clearly and concisely, and thinking creatively. The value of philosophy of science is that it provides a unified, systematic view of knowledge and encourages critical examination of beliefs.

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    This document provides an overview of philosophy of science. It discusses that philosophy is the study of fundamental questions about existence, reason, knowledge, and language, while science is the systematic study of the natural world through testable explanations. The main areas or branches of philosophy are epistemology, logic, ethics, aesthetics, and metaphysics. Philosophical methods include questioning, critical discussion, rational argument, and systematic presentation. Mastering philosophy requires skills like analyzing arguments, imagining alternatives, stating ideas clearly and concisely, and thinking creatively. The value of philosophy of science is that it provides a unified, systematic view of knowledge and encourages critical examination of beliefs.

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    Philosophy of Science (IDC1201) 2020

    PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
    This paper describes what is the philosophy of science, what is science, what is philosophy, what are the
    functions and actions of the philosophy, areas of philosophy science, philosophical methods, philosophical
    sub-schools of thought, what the skills need to master philosophy, and the value of the philosophy science.

    Keywords: Philosophy, Science, Sub schools, Methods

    1. INTRODUCTION Philosophical methods can be categorized into four


    main sections. These four main sections are
    Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and questioning, critical discussion, rational argument,
    organizes knowledge in the form of testable and systematic presentation. The four main
    explanations and predictions about the universe philosophical schools of thought are Idealism,
    [ CITATION Phi \l 1033 ]. Science is the study and Realism, Pragmatism, and Existentialism. Sub
    understanding of natural phenomena. Philosophy is schools of thought include Constructivism,
    the study of general and fundamental questions, Feminism, Positivism, Stoicism, Materialism,
    such as those about existence, reason, knowledge, Skepticism, Romanticism, Communism, Socialism.
    values, mind, and language. Philosophy is the study
    3.1 Skills
    of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality,
    and existence. It provides a guiding principle for We need to have several skills to master
    behavior or governance. philosophy. Analyzing the statements and the
    arguments is the first skill we need to have. We will
    2. AREAS be able to have competencies in understanding and
    developing the arguments and analyzing the
    The main functions and actions of the philosophy
    statements. Secondly, we need to have skills related
    are to think, to reason, to provide a structure to
    to imagining alternatives to familiar views and
    thinking, to provide structure to reasoning, and to
    situations. The third crucial skill we need to have to
    evaluate reasoning. The main branches, which
    master philosophy is stating things explicitly,
    means areas of philosophy are Epistemology,
    clearly, and succinctly. The final skill is thinking
    Logic, Ethics, Aesthetics, and Metaphysics.
    creatively. We should have enough skills to think
    Epistemology is the branch of philosophy
    creatively and should be able to analyses the given
    concerned with knowledge. Epistemologists study
    situation in a creative manner.
    the nature, origin, and scope of knowledge,
    epistemic justification, the rationality of belief, and 3.1 Value of Philosophical Science
    various related issues. Logic is concerned to
    Philosophy, like all other studies, aims primarily at
    provide sound methods for distinguishing good
    knowledge. The knowledge aims it is the kind of
    from bad reasoning. Ethics takes up the meanings
    knowledge that gives unity and system to the body
    of our moral concepts. Metaphysics seeks basic
    of the sciences and the kind which results from a
    criteria for determining what sorts of things are
    [ CITATION The21 \l 1033 ]critical examination of
    real.[ CITATION Phi21 \l 1033 ]
    the grounds of our convictions, prejudices, and
    2.1 Other areas beliefs. Philosophy of science helps man to thinks
    in much broader aspects rather than looking into a
    Other philosophical area includes philosophy of the
    particular side of the complex problem. It helps
    mind, political philosophy, philosophy of the
    society in conflict resolutions.
    religion, philosophy of science, etc.
    4. CONCLUSION
    3. PHILOSOPHICAL METHODS
    Philosophy of science is a much broader subject
    matter everybody needs to study and learning of

    1
    Philosophy of Science (IDC1201) 2020

    this subject will enhance the man’s critical thinking


    capacity.

    REFERENCES
    [1] [ CITATION Phi \l 1033 ]
    [2] [ CITATION Phi21 \l 1033 ]
    [3] [ CITATION The21 \l 1033 ]

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