>because he's using philosophy to justify the superiority of science. But saying something is a philosophical position doesn't mean he is using philosophy to j

>because he's using philosophy to justify the superiority of science. But saying something is a philosophical position doesn't mean he is using philosophy to justify that position! Philosophy purports to be a general analysis of how things are, so in some sense everything is a philosophical position. But this doesn't bootstrap the value of philosophy, not in any substantive sense.