Physics Does It Better: So Why Be Afraid of Philosophy?

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Physics is the best tool to investigate nature ("physics does it better") and philosophy, far from being a competitor, is a companion in its quest for knowledge ("so why be afraid of philosophy?"). In this article it is observed that the anti-philosophical positions within the modern scientific community come from misconceptions and that scientists can't be "against philosophy". As a conclusion, the expressions "laws of physics" and "laws of nature" are discussed.

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Livio De Fabrizio
Università degli Studi Roma Tre

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Physics Needs Philosophy. Philosophy Needs Physics.Carlo Rovelli - 2018 - Foundations of Physics 48 (5):481-491.
Aristotle’s Physics: A Physicist’s Look.Carlo Rovelli - 2015 - Journal of the American Philosophical Association 1 (1):23--40.

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