Political Science · Indian Political Thought
UGC NET 2023 Political Science
Who said, 'The function of science is to describe and that of philosophy is to explain; therefore, philosophy is called the science of science'?
AM.N. Roy ✓ Correct
BVivekananda
CRabindranath Tagore
DM.K. Gandhi
Correct answer: (A) M.N. Roy — M.N. Roy made this statement, distinguishing the tasks of science and philosophy.
Explanation
★M.N. Roy made this statement, distinguishing the tasks of science and philosophy.
★He held that science describes phenomena and empirical facts, while philosophy explains their deeper meaning.
★On this view philosophy is a meta-discipline that interprets the findings of science, hence the 'science of science'.
★The formulation reflects Roy's rationalist, scientific temper and his philosophy of Radical Humanism.
★He insisted that morality and freedom rest on reason rather than dogma or revelation.
★Vivekananda and Tagore approached knowledge through spirituality, a different emphasis from Roy's.
★Gandhi grounded truth in moral and experiential conviction rather than this scientific framing.
★Roy established the Indian Renaissance Institute at Dehradun in 1946 to advance his rationalist humanism.
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