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I always thought, and probably not for the most solid reasons: Math is applied philosophy and theory of knowledge. Physics is Math applied on reality. Chemis
by therein 7y ago
I always thought, and probably not for the most solid reasons:
Math is applied philosophy and theory of knowledge.
Physics is Math applied on reality.
Chemistry is applied Physics.
Biology is applied Chemistry.
- thunderbong 7y agoAgree. I had also thought of the sciences in that manner.
- bigbonch 7y agoI would ammend the last two points and say Chemistry is Physics applied to physical primitives and Biology is Chemistry applied to organic phenomena or something like that.
- drworm 7y agoWhich brings to mind this classic XKCD: https://xkcd.com/435/ https://xkcd.com/435/
- rxhernandez 7y agoIt could be argued that physics has nothing at all to do with math; merely, that it is a convenient and powerful tool for humans to make sense of it. I've seen Susskind convincingly (albeit shallowly) argue that more "primitive" animals understand physics and I would be surprised if it was easy to argue that animals understand mathematics without circular logic or quick and loose definitions of what math is.