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Single Idea 6117
[filed under theme 1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 3. Scientism
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Full Idea
We would be wise to build our philosophy upon science, because the risk of error in philosophy is pretty sure to be greater than in science.
Gist of Idea
Philosophy should be built on science, to reduce error
Source
Bertrand Russell (Logical Atomism [1924], p.160)
Book Ref
Russell,Bertrand: 'Russell's Logical Atomism', ed/tr. Pears,David [Fontana 1972], p.160
A Reaction
If you do very little, it reduces the 'risk of error'. I agree that philosophers should start from the facts, and be responsive to new facts, and that science is excellent at discovering facts. But I don't think cognitive science is the new epistemology.
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Philosophy should be built on science, to reduce error
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[Russell]
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[Ayer]
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[Quine]
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6267
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[Putnam]
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[Nagel]
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All worthwhile philosophy is synthetic theorizing, evaluated by experience
[Papineau]
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20449
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6844
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