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Philosophy really has added so much to the world that you people seem to have blinded yourself towards: Scientific method, traced back to Aristotle

If you want to read what a real scientist has to say about the value that philosophy adds to science, I suggest "Dreams of Final Theory" by Steven Weinberg, chapter 7, "Against philosophy": http://depts.washington.edu/ssnet/Weinberg_SSN_1_14.pdf



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