Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-14
PHILOSOPHY AND SCIENCE.
Their Relations to Each Other d,
scrfbed by Bishop Keane.

ecrnOe0 ~ bishop ke0ne.
Bishop Keane. rector Of the Catholic UNI
versity in this city, read an Interesting
paper before the Society for Philosophical
Inquiry at the Columbian University Tues
day afternoon. His subject was the rela-
ton Of philosophy to science. He employed
the term science" in It's usual accepta-
ton. but by philosophy he understood
that form OF knowledge which takes cog
nizance Of the invisible and intangible real
being which underiies and supports the
world Of sensible phenomena; In which lat
ter sphere science. b. IN oWn professinnav
is wholly restricted and confined He be-
gan by abiding to the increasing interest
that was taken at the present day In the
study OF philosophy in this country. thoush
we are 50 eminently . people Of practical
endeavor.
Philosophy. properly 30 called and distin-
guished from what is known a. science.
has claims which cannot be ignored. and
the American people must come to It
There is vastly more In intellectual life
than the observation OF sensible phenom-
ena, their classification and their distribu-
ton under law. The existence Of the society
he was addressing was an evidence OF this-
tween the scientific and the philosophical
But this must disappear. The scientist.
IL logical, must become a PHILOSOPHER
Science leads up to philosophy and philoso-
ply leads up to religion. and Compile was
wrong in making each OF these exclusive
Of the other.
Az Related to Each Other.
The relation between philosophy ana
science was stated under two principal
heads. First, science derives all its postu-
lates from philosophy. and mathematics
itself cannot demonstrate its first pr1nci-
Piles. but they must be accounted for and
explained by philosophy. Second. after
science has distracted and generalize1 and
arranged particular phenomena under .
special law. this law must be assigned its
relative place in the rounded sphere OF
unity. But science is not able TO sccom-
plish this. This work must be done from q
standpoint which overlooks all the sciences
and is the work OF the philosopher. And
here philosophy vindicates her claim 70
her old and honored title Of Queen OF the
Sciences" Her point OF view Is higher
than science and she directs its operations
Again, the method OF each particular
science is different from that OF all the
others, but the general scientific method 10
one and the same, so. too. the methods OF
science and philosophy, while specifically
different are generically the same. The
great doctrine of the conservation OF forces
was worked out by the Philosopher Leibuit1
a hundred years before Il was generalized
by the scientists. Science cannot solve the
great problems which are forced on us by
the constitutions Of our natures. Science
has no answer to give when interrogated
about final causes, human destiny. the
soul and God. 1t may ignore them or brush
them aside. but they will not down at its
bidding, but return again and again to rack
and to torture the mind until an answer
shall be given.
The bishop closed his interesting remarks
with an encomium on the vigor and acute
ness of American thought, and the intense
earnestness Of the people when bent on
accomplishing an object. From these quail
tiles he argued a bright future for philoso-
ply in America. And the society which ne
was addressing was Instituted to promote
this end.