As the name implies philosophy of science is a combination of philosophical and scientific thinking. Even though science is methodical and objective, because it is practiced by human being. It is subject to human understanding of thing they see and observe.
These understanding and thinking about science affect what scientist do and how they do it. The scientific method is the foundation of what is today known as philosophy of science.
The scientific method thousand of years old and is still developing. Many scientists and philosophers have contributed to the philosophy of science but the most outstanding ones are william of ockham, Edwa sapir and Benjami9n Whorf, W.W. Quine Karl Prpper, Thomas Bayes and E.T. Jaynes etc. philosophy of science is an important and fast - evolving discipline in its own right. Major contributions to the discipline come from both scientist and philosophers alike.
WHAT IS PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
Philosophy of science is defined as a branch of philosophy that studies the philosophical assumptions, foundation and implication of science.
These include the natural science, such as physics, chemistry and biology; the social science such as psychology, history and sociology, and currently the formal science such as logic mathematics, set theory and proof theory. Debate is robust within the discipline and much remains inconclusive because for nearly every assertion advanced, a philosopher can be found who will disagree with it.
