Which science majors have the fewest conservatives?

Sithis
Wed, 16 Jun 2010 21:58:52 +0000

I don’t recall it specifically, but I’m pretty sure it exists. Perhaps what I meant was “I would not be surprised if there exists…” Maybe not in relation to ALL of philosophy, but much of it. It would mostly consist of pragmatists and pure empiricists. For example, people who would be likely to say “There is no point in discussing the grand philosophical ideas of the universe unless they help the human species,” or, “trying to come up with ideas that can’t be empirically proven is utterly meaningless.” Science itself was originally part of philosophy, but broke apart from it and became its own field when the naturalists decided that empiricism is the only valid epistemology and didn’t care for the opinion of their peers who thought otherwise.

Also, I found a good quote from wikipedia that explains my position better:

“there are basic philosophical assumptions implicit at the foundation of science — namely, 1) that reality is objective and consistent, 2) that humans have the capacity to perceive reality accurately, and 3) that rational explanations exist for elements of the real world. These assumptions are based in naturalism, critical rationalism, and instrumentalism, within which science is done.”