The Truth is with Science? Part 2

They Might Be Giants are packaging for kids that old enlightenment idea that what can be known comes from science (the empirical world), otherwise known as materialism. But, as is pointed out often, there are many things we experience that cannot be known from the scientific method, such as history, morality, beauty, justice, and ethics.

Plus TMBG's statement "when I'm seeking knowledge,... the facts are with science" is not a statement that can be proved scientifically. It is a presupposition that science is the only valid source of truth. And that is the danger -- here you have philosophy masquerading as science. And most people now believe you have to buy into the philosophy (materialism) in order to be truly scientific.

But science is the study of the world through, roughly speaking, hypothesis, experimentation, and repeatability. And this has limitations because it cannot tell us what is good or beautiful, it can only tell us what is there. To find out what is good or beautiful you need something more than just science.

More tomorrow...