steve_bank
Diabetic retinopathy and poor eyesight. Typos ...
To be honest I do not see much difference between you and Peacegirl....They are not metaphysical. Science is shot through with metaphysics, and metaphysics can inform science. The claim that the eyes are not sense organs and we see instantly is just empty, easily disproved in a thousand different ways.Metaphysics is abstractions not necessarily tied to physical reality. Yourarguments are metaphysical.
In a broad meaning of metaphors perhaps. I never met an engineer or somebody with science credentials who cited philosophy or metaphysics.
You could also say science is linguists or psychology.
Science is a skill that is learned by studying theory, experience, and what has been done before.
There is no philosophy or metaphysicss texts that say how to do science, or engineering for that matter.
Science is a skill as is carpentry, albeit more complicated.
Science is not philosophy. Science is science .