چکیده:
Although for a couple of centuries empiricism was prevalent in physics circles , the development of various schools of philosophy of science, during the second half of the twentieth century, made it clear we do not encounter nature with empty minds and that scientists always use some assumptions in their scientific work. In this article. We argue that metaphysical assumptions play an important role at various stages of science activity. But these assumptions are usually taken from various schools of philosophy or religions. Monotheistic religions can provide such principles. Thus, metaphysics works as a bridge between science and religion
خلاصه ماشینی:
com Abstract Although for a couple of centuries empiricism was prevalent in physics circles , the development of various schools of philosophy of science, during the second half of the twentieth century, made it clear we do not encounter nature with empty minds and that scientists always use some assumptions in their scientific work.
Keywords : empirical sciences, empiricism, assumptions, principles, metaphysics monotheistic religions I- Relevance of Metaphysics to Science Originally, philosophy covered the entire field of human knowledge, except technical percepts and practical arts, and it was divided into two main parts: 1 Theoretical Philosophy, consisting of physics (or natural philosophy), mathematics, and metaphysics.
Weyl’s words: In spite of the fact that the views of philosophy sway from one system to another, we can not dispense with it unless we are to convert knowledge into a meaningless chaos (Weyl 1921: 10) (b) The Success of Physical Theories The spectacular success of some theories (like quantum mechanics) in accounting for a vast domain of phenomena has led many physicists to be satisfied with experimentation and the available mathematical formalism.
That is why Bertrand Russell warned philosophers that the lack of concern for the problems of modern science makes their activities futile: I do not think that the work of our century in either relativity or quantum theory has had any very good influence upon philosophy, but I regard this as the fault of the philosophers, who, for the most part, have not thought it necessary to master modern physics.