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>Philosophy is not a science, and can never become one without threatening its current epistemic/ontological role It's worth noting that there are some who dis
by claudiawerner 8y ago
>Philosophy is not a science, and can never become one without threatening its current epistemic/ontological role
It's worth noting that there are some who disagree and have some good arguments in support of that[0], and that philosophy as Wissenschaft was prevalent until relatively recently. To me, the continental/analytic distinction is a distinction in the methods of inquiry, if it is a valid distinction at all.
[0] http://www.philosophyisscience.com/ http://www.philosophyisscience.com/
- woodruffw 8y agoGreat points. I guess I should have said that I'm using "science" with a 20th century tinge and from the perspective of analytic thinkers of that period. In that context, I think I'd agree with a description of science as a strict subset of epistemology, specifically the branch of epistemology that dedicates itself to picking out things in the physical world. Per your link: I wonder what the author of that page thinks of the Gettier problems and whether they constitute "false knowledge."