Why is it so hard to understand that science is not an object or entity; it has no physical existence. It has no volition or personality.
It cannot decide, do or say anything. It's a process of the human mind.
Philosophy is not a thing with an independent existence and qualities; it cannot decide, do or say anything. It's a process of the human mind.
So are spirituality, imagination, crime, work, education and art processes of the human mind.
Concepts and ideas engendered in the human mind are classified by that same mind, as belonging to this or that category - like putting pots in one cupboard and plates in another. But there is no natural or absolute barrier between cupboards; no obstacle to putting a serving bowl in with the casseroles, of aluminum camping dishes in with the pots.
When creating a social organization, humans can take whatever concepts, ideas, narratives, rules and procedures they want from any category and mix them together in a single institution. The very mind that conceives this new institution can't even tell what parts come from which cupboard: a government can have aspects of various disciplines; it can employ strict mathematical accounting, mythology, social bonding rituals, methodical repression, self-sacrifice, larceny and delusion, all at the same time. So can a church, a corporation, a soccer league or a broadcast medium.
None of the categories or functions or disciplines can replace any other. No institution can replace another.
But if an institution no longer serves its intended function, or an intellectual process is no longer useful, it will fade away, like a language nobody speaks.
