There are great many reasons for studying what philosophers 1.________% N4 w% \* V! T2 G4 v+ L* s
have said in the past. One is that we cannot separate the
; R+ \: T( e. S0 v. w history of philosophy from which of science. Philosophy is 2.________
5 M, M1 _' t& E; `8 s6 K large discussion about matters on which few people are quite 3.________; P7 P9 X' S8 S3 ?( Q- ]6 ~
certain, and those few hold opposite opinions. As knowledge# K6 d0 h/ M9 N6 A- Q7 F3 ^- t
increases, philosophy buds off the sciences. For an example, in the ancient world and the Middle Ages 4.________0 q/ q! Z6 r- \3 R6 F N
philosophers discussed motion. Aristotle and St. Thomas) d5 t7 i2 j4 A4 O& Q) k
Aquinas taught that a moving body would slow down until a force 5.________
1 z b; l4 V) J% f) Z' N$ @ were constantly applied to it. They were wrong. It goes on moving: c- U) B0 D1 t- W( r7 S
unless something slows it down. But they had good arguments on5 p2 j, g/ r( ~; E% u. {
their side, and if we study these, and the experiments
: b4 @/ i) k; r% e- } which proved them right this will help us to distinguish truth 6.________9 f& u6 G3 H6 G: q1 B; J! B
from false in the scientific controversies of today. 7.________$ m% a. L6 @4 Q& Y8 w
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