Search for Truth
Search for Truth
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concerning reality. Moreover, there is a growing
body of evidence that philosophy is inherently
incompetent for the task undertaken by it. The
need, therefore, is to find some alternative
discipline that may help us reach our desired
intellectual goal.
SCIENCE
What is science? According to its definition “Science
is a branch of knowledge concerned with the
material world conducted on objective principles
involving the systematised observation of, and
experiment with physical phenomenon.”
Science has divided the world of knowledge into
two parts—knowledge of things and knowledge of
truths. According to this division, science has
confined its study only to a part of the world and
not to the entire world. A scientist has rightly
remarked that “science gives us but a partial
knowledge of reality.”
This means that science being confined in its scope
to the physical aspect of the world, has kept itself
aloof from higher spiritual matters. No scientist has
