Considered Quote by P. J. O'Rourke

There is a continuum between science and philosophy. As Fichte said (but did not practice), philosophy should be the science of sciences.

— Mario Bunge

Science is practical philosophy.

— Rene Descartes

Philosophy is the true mother of science.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Science does not stand still, and neither does philosophy, although the latter has a tendency to walk in circles.

— Peter Singer

Philosophy is that part of science which at present people chose to have opinions about, but which they have no knowledge about. Therefore every…

— Bertrand Russell

We should remember that there was once a discipline called natural philosophy. Unfortunately, this discipline seems not to exist today. It has been renamed…

— Hannes Alfven

It's sort of another innovation, probably a good innovation, of Western culture to separate the ideas between science and philosophy, but it's important to…

— Brad Warner

Science was born as a result and consequence of philosophy; it cannot survive without a philosophical base. If philosophy perishes, science will be next…

— Ayn Rand

Philosophy is the history of philosophy.

— Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Back when the natural sciences, philosophy, and theology were one great intellectual hodgepodge, proving the existence of God was a relatively commonplace exercise. To…

— Benjamin Wittes

“When it comes to science, philosophers stand still.”

— Sam Houssami

Science is what we know, and philosophy is what we don't know.

— Bertrand Russell