What would be the name of the science that studies why things are the way they are?
Context:
>be me
>physics class
>professor says charge is a property of matter; there are negative and positive charges; opposites attract and equals repell
>ask why
>we don't know why; this is not the object of natural science
So that's it? We're gonna just let that question pass?
You're asking metaphysics or the philosophy of science
Both worthless and only fancied by crazy people
I'm gonna expand before anyone even gets to their retarded remarks:
Natural sciences are the interpretation of how these things work, asking why isn't the goal, asking how is
t STEM
>people who want to learn more about the standard model beyond what we already understand are crazy
w e w
try with your philosophy teacher
There literally is no why in that context. It's nonsensical.
Asking why didn't give you the advancements that enabled you to type in response, asking how, did
These are called fundamental properties because at the moment that's the extent of human knowledge.
For example, scientists have no idea what is energy. Science can describe the way energy acts, transforms, and propagates itself, yet energy itself simply 'is'.
The question 'why?' is meaningless. Electrons and protons carry a charge because something imbued them with it. That leads to another question - what gave these something an ability to give things a charge. Which leads to...you get it.
Science is no more static than anything else. Theories and laws are always being proven wrong and or replaced. Science we knew 1000 years ago is nothing like today and today's science will be nothing compared to 1000 years from now.
Because things want to be more stable?
Careful OP . Science fags with no humanities won't understand this.
They are like Bernard in Westworld seeing a pic of himself.
IT doesn't mean anything to them to ask why the charges are positive and negative. Except STEM fags mock you for seeing the bigger picture and asking questions.
Looks like someone was bullied by STEMlords in college.
>b-but muh greks muh wisdem
Metaphysics, and more specifically, Ontology.
Nice meme
This like asking why the color red smells like sugar.
>ask why
Why what? He just told it's a property of matter
Are you underage? Why are you asking a man who tries to teach you things retarded, vague questions like a 5 year old?
>Except STEM fags mock you for pondering pointless questions that no one can answer while congratulating yourself for how totally brilliant you are for asking said pointless questions.
fify
>metaphysics
>a science
That must be why nothing in metaphysics is actually testable
Teleology.
Why matter has charge? Because God needed a kind of glue to bind the universe together.
>professor says charge is a property of matter; there are negative and positive charges; opposites attract and equals repell
>ask why
>we don't know why; this is not the object of natural science
Actually, he's wrong... You can still ask HOW positive and negative charges attract and repel, and you can actually have some of these questions answered within quantum physics.
There's some truth to the phrase "Science only asks 'how?', and not 'why?'." but what you have there is not really a "why?" question.
A possible restatement of the question may be "what feature of the theory of electromagnetism is responsible for describing why like charges repel and opposite charges attract?" This feature is the spin 1 nature of the photon, which is the particle which mediates the electromagnetic force. Particles of odd integer spin generate forces which can be both attractive and repulsive, whereas particles of even integer spin only attract (eg. the graviton is spin 2, so everything is attracted to everything).
why would you ask "why"? it's not really an applicable question. there is no evidence that there is a reason.
it's not a branch of science, it's make-believe, and you're retarded. anyone who thinks that deriving an "ought" from an "is" has anything to do with philosophy is also retarded.
the most of "philosophers" who derive "ought" from "is" are not actually philosophers. they're just objectively wrong.
Why so much hostility towards metaphysics ? If anything it doesn't invalidate scientific results and its statements only seek to explain the causes of fondamental laws not impose beliefs
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>why things are the way they are isn't important, only that they are that way
t. STEMlord with over 300 confirmed autisms