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Philosophy and Science

Philosophy and Science Earlier philosophy was considered to be part of the pure science and philosophy and science were amalgamated in such a compound that making a distinction was entirely out of question. Intellectuals were scientist as well as philosopher. Slowly number of axioms and self proved theorems reduced. Assumptive science based on physical observation decreased with number of years down the line. In place of that analytical science with experimental proofs started to take the lead. This was the time when Philosophy and Science took their different part and after the renaissance the philosophy and science were remarkably distinct. Philosophers were not able to give the scientific explanation rationally. Now the rational explanation was expected by the analytical science based on theoretical calculation in some areas and experimental verification in most of the other areas initially. As the number of person got interested in such scientific procedure, philosophy was cons...