Many have said that the world of science and philosophy are worlds apart and cannot be understood or used to complement each other. These two fields seem to contradict each other at every angle but some do think they can be used together to allow a better understanding of the universe and our place in it.
Science as we know is based on fact or the search of an explanation for something through facts. Meaning why a candlestick burns scientifically is because of many known scientific processes like; oxidation, fuel, air, combustion and so on and so forth. But taking the standpoint of a philosopher pondering that fact would result in a totally different definition or explanation.

The merging of these two fields of study is not as far off as you think. Many of the fathers of philosophy were scientists in their own rights. These ancient people formed the basis for both philosophy and the sciences. Thales, who is considered to be the father of philosophy wondered about the universe from his time and the significance of man in that universe. He was said to have employed a form of research that can be en-likened to a scientific inquiry or study. The next ancient philosopher, Anaximander, focused more on the nature of the universe as a whole. He is credited to have made the first accurate sundial marking accurately the hours of the day on a sundial. He made elementary maps in his quest to find the relationships of the places he knew and their significance to his existence. One of the most famous philosophers was Pythagoras who was a philosopher and mathematician where he formulated some of the most elementary basis of mathematics and their relationships with the universe.
Many more ancient philosophers and scientists shared the same passion for a better understanding of the universe and the way we influence it or are a part of it. True to this, we can say that it may be theoretically possible to meld the two areas of science and philosophy into a new area of study where we seek answers and hopefully better questions to answers to them.

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According to an entry in the Philosopher’s Magazine Online Philosophy graduates are coming on top as one of the most likely to-be hired fresh out of school. Statistics on the Guardian Online shows that these new graduates had a higher success rates in getting the job that they applied for the first time. Why? Well Jessica Shepard says that it can be attributed to their well versed training and familiarity of thinking analytically.
Having a mind that thinks analytically allows one to stand back and treat a problem from top down making it easier to resolve problems, formulate strategies and find newer approaches to long time problems in business. As the statistic says the high success rates apply for most businesses that are in human relations, marketing and many other jobs that need human to human dealings.
Thinking analytically also allows one to be open to suggestion and to take them and prioritize them in a scientific approach scrutinizing each and every proposal to get to a more likely solution that is first acceptable next is possible and last effective. Many firms have reported that they do favor these graduates and are becoming quite rare to find for they are hired on the spot to fill essential spots. Even unlikely jobs in the area of finance, their approach to problems is in demand and needed.
Thinking about the whole deal, to me philosophy can be considered the basis or foundation of all the sciences for it is the realization that I am what I am. And that something has to happen because of something else. All the great philosophers have applied such way of thinking placing them in their rightful places in the history books as the greatest minds ever.

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