Current mind meandering...

What is "science?"

In ancient times, there were seven sciences: Grammar, Rhetoric, Logic, Arithmetic, Geometry, Music, Astronomy.

When I hear "science" without any context, my mind jumps first to hard sciences like Physics and Chemistry; fields that weren't even conceived back then.

It's hard to think of Music as a science today. I mean, everyone knows Music is an art, right?

Then there's medicine. Science or art? On the one hand, you have people in lab coats doing research that's undeniably science. On the other, you have "the healing arts" or even "the art of medicine." I don't think I've ever heard anyone refer to "the science of medicine."
Are the healing arts separate from the scientific aspect of medicine? Once I put it like that, it's obvious. Of course they are!

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@sda science is justiciable, music is not

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