Interesting. This reminds me of a related thought I had: Why do models with differential equations work so often in physics but so rarely in other empirical sciences? Perhaps physics simply is “the differential equation science”.
Which is also related to the frequently expressed opinion that philosophy makes little progress because everything that gets developed enough to make significant progress splits off from philosophy. Because philosophy is “the study of ill-defined and intractable problems”.
Not saying that I think these views are accurate, though they do have some plausibility.
Interesting. This reminds me of a related thought I had: Why do models with differential equations work so often in physics but so rarely in other empirical sciences? Perhaps physics simply is “the differential equation science”.
Which is also related to the frequently expressed opinion that philosophy makes little progress because everything that gets developed enough to make significant progress splits off from philosophy. Because philosophy is “the study of ill-defined and intractable problems”.
Not saying that I think these views are accurate, though they do have some plausibility.
(To be honest, to first approximation my guess mirrors yours.)