Single Idea 3879

[catalogued under 1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / c. Philosophy as generalisation]

Full Idea

Philosophy studies everything: it tries to provide a theory of the whole of things.

Gist of Idea

Philosophy aims to provide a theory of everything

Source

Roger Scruton (Modern Philosophy:introduction and survey [1994], 1.2)

Book Reference

Scruton,Roger: 'Modern Philosophy: introduction and survey' [Sinclair-Stevenson 1994], p.7


A Reaction

Good, but you can't avoid value-judgements about which things are important; philosophers place more value on moral theories than on theories about glacier movement. There is a tension in philosophy between human and eternal concerns.