Single Idea 16943

[catalogued under 1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 3. Scientism]

Full Idea

I see philosophy not as an a priori propaedeutic or groundwork for science, but as continuous with science. I see philosophy and science as in the same boat. …There is no external vantage point, no first philosophy.

Clarification

A 'propaedeutic' is a preparation

Gist of Idea

Philosophy is continuous with science, and has no external vantage point

Source

Willard Quine (Natural Kinds [1969], p.126)

Book Reference

Quine,Willard: 'Ontological Relativity and Other Essays' [Columbia 1969], p.126


A Reaction

Philosophy is generalisation. Science holds the upper hand, because it settles the subject-matter to be generalised.

Related Idea

Idea 22153 Quine rejects Carnap's view that science and philosophy are distinct [Quine, by Boulter]