Unit 1 DQ: Science and Philosophy (Graded) Considering what you have learned about the presocratics and your understanding of science, in what respect do you think the presocratics contributed to...

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Table of Contents
Unit 1 DQ: Science and Philosophy    3
Contribution of Pre-Socratics to Science    3
Significant Similarities and Differences between Concepts of Modern Science and those of Pre-Socratics    3
Unit 1 AS1: Origin and Value of Philosophy    4
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Unit 1 AS2: Reflective Essay    8
References    10
Unit 1 DQ: Science and Philosophy
Contribution of Pre-Socratics to Science
In the Pre-Socratic era, there were many persons who have explained philosophy as well as defined some facts related to science. According to Graham (2013), traces were found which proves there were some works related to science in that era such as Milesians brought something scientific in to the world and such as Parmenides and Heraclites have reflected upon their predecessors work and they also engaged in philosophy work. Anaximanes is considered as a prototype of the scientific age. He, in his teachings, had explained that the prime matter of universe was air.
He also believed that the air and water are closely related and he emphasized that air when cools down become water and water transforms itself into the components of the universe. When water is heated it becomes hot then it turns into heavenly bodies and when condenses it becomes water and ultimately earth. He chose air as the chief constituent of everything as there are sayings that he might have thought the dynamic nature of air and how much important air is for our survival and thus sustaining of life. Therefore, it is clear that the pre-Socratic era people do have some contribution towards science and they have started the way through which further down the centuries more development have taken place.
Significant Similarities and Differences between Concepts of Modern Science and those of Pre-Socratics
There is a strong link between the modern science and the thinkers of pre-Socratic era. However, Creech (2018) explained the concepts of the people of pre-Socratic era could not be considered as scientific because the methods were not scientific to explain any fact; rather the philosophical view was used to explain those ideas. The terminology of the science are invented and the pre-Socratic era philosophers are among the first inventors, however their thought that God has given the terminology and the conceptual equipment is not true.
For example, Pythagoreans emphasized the force of mathematician explanation as the pre-Socratic peoples have developed rational and material explanation of change in the world, the modern science however does not accept all their empirical explanations. The teachings and the theories have certainly shown the path in the modern science. However, the concepts and ideas were not completely borrowed. Nevertheless, the ideas were deduced to develop and invent the modern scientific methods.
Unit 1 AS1: Origin and Value of Philosophy
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Democritus was an Ancient Greek pre-Socratic philosopher born in 460 BC. He is primarily remembered today for his formulation of the atomic theory of the universe. The atomic theory that he proposed said “world is a vacuum containing an infinite number of atoms that can never be created or destroyed”. As elaborated by French (2016), based on the theory that was proposed, the thought regarding this came from the Leucippus whom Democritus was follower, believed that whatever that is happening is due to the laws of the nature. Democritus along with Leucippus and Epicurus have together proposed this theory. They together said that the solid state of the materials is due to the involvement of the atoms. The atoms vary in nature based on the kind of materials.
They argued that for iron, the atoms are solid and strong and they hook together that locks them in to a solid state. While for water, the...