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Scientific Framing

Philosophy is the most importance discipline, because everything you believe results from a philosophical claim.  This is so even with "hard science."  Consider the issue of defining disease.What is aging?  Really, let's talk about this in a classroom format.  Is aging a natural biological process?  Or is aging a disease?  What is it?I guarantee that your answer will be based on your moral and aesthetic judgments rather than your scientific judgments.  When you say that someone should "act his age," what does that have to do with science?  That's a value judgment you're making based on a person's behavior relevant to cultural expectations.  How can a man be 40-years-old with no wife and kids?  Well, why do you care?  What does a person's chronological age have to do with the discussion?If aging is a natural biological process, do we commit the naturalistic fallacy by merely accepting time's wear on our bodies?  Cancer is natural...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on July 16, 2010 (boomark / email).