Addiction and Self-Medication

[Fang]

In regards to the scientific community it should be understood that the rise of naturalistic science in the 19th century is what forced apart philosophy from science, many would say social reasons dictated how this took shape (rejection of the church and the image of deity carved out by such an authority). This is what has led to the reductionist and specialized outlook of modern science, utilizing occums razor perhaps a little to enthusiastically but it must be recognized that this has had so many benefits as well and I personally would say has been an overall boon for humanity, we would have not likely developed certain fields of knowledge to their current degree without this change of direction. However, as humanity progresses, awareness expands and people start to realize how each specialized field interacts to collectively produce the world we all interact with and this allows once again for philosophical inquiry hand in hand with scientific investigation.