Here's what Stephen Hawkings said about Philosophy, I think you might be interested in how he views it. I heard people call it "soft science" or less. That's not how I view the subject, structuring how I spoke about philosophy was not to discredit it's merit in science, certain scientist are attacking it's usefulness or asking if philosophy should be labelled as science at all. I came across this topic some time back on a "Physics and Chemistry Blog", and thought "How do you debunk Philosophy as dead", how would you respond to Stephen Hawkings because he's pure brain and thinks so brilliantly on so many subjects.
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Stephen Hawking tells Google ‘philosophy is dead’
Physicist Stephen Hawking has told Google's Zeitgeist conference that philosophers have not kept up with science and their art is dead.
Dr. Hawkings said something throwing the Philosophy World in Chaos, he's remarks has several scientist from other fields congratulating him. They called it "Pseudo Science" others totally went off saying "it was long due Hawkings put a nail in it's coffin!"
Stephen Hawking, the renowned physicist, has declared that “Philosophy is dead”.
Speaking to Google’s Zeitgeist Conference in Hertfordshire, the author of 'A Brief History of Time' said that fundamental questions about the nature of the universe could not be resolved without hard data such as that currently being derived from the Large Hadron Collider and space research. “Most of us don't worry about these questions most of the time. But almost all of us must sometimes wonder: Why are we here? Where do we come from? Traditionally, these are questions for philosophy, but philosophy is dead,” he said. “Philosophers have not kept up with modern developments in science. Particularly physics.”
Prof Hawking went on to claim that “Scientists have become the bearers of the torch of discovery in our quest for knowledge.” He said new theories “lead us to a new and very different picture of the universe and our place in it”.
In a 40-minute speech, Prof Hawking said that the new “M Theory” of the universe was the “unified theory Einstein was hoping to find”. He compared the idea to the computer programme Google Earth, saying it was a “map” of theories, but added that a new, bigger Hadron Collider the size of the Milky Way was needed to collect more data to prove it.
“This technology is some way off,” he said, “and I don't think even Google could afford to build it.”
Stephen Hawking, the renowned physicist, has declared that “Philosophy is dead”.
Speaking to Google’s Zeitgeist Conference in Hertfordshire, the author of 'A Brief History of Time' said that fundamental questions about the nature of the universe could not be resolved without hard data such as that currently being derived from the Large Hadron Collider and space research. “Most of us don't worry about these questions most of the time. But almost all of us must sometimes wonder: Why are we here? Where do we come from? Traditionally, these are questions for philosophy, but philosophy is dead,” he said. “Philosophers have not kept up with modern developments in science. Particularly physics.”
Prof Hawking went on to claim that “Scientists have become the bearers of the torch of discovery in our quest for knowledge.” He said new theories “lead us to a new and very different picture of the universe and our place in it”.
In a 40-minute speech, Prof Hawking said that the new “M Theory” of the universe was the “unified theory Einstein was hoping to find”. He compared the idea to the computer programme Google Earth, saying it was a “map” of theories, but added that a new, bigger Hadron Collider the size of the Milky Way was needed to collect more data to prove it.
“This technology is some way off,” he said, “and I don't think even Google could afford to build it.”