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Single Idea 9593
[filed under theme 1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / e. Philosophy as reason
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Full Idea
The incremental progress which I envisage for philosophy lacks the drama after which some philosophers still hanker, and that hankering is itself a symptom of the intellectual immaturity that helps hold philosophy back.
Gist of Idea
Progress in philosophy is incremental, not an immature seeking after drama
Source
Timothy Williamson (The Philosophy of Philosophy [2007], Intro)
Book Ref
Williamson,Timothy: 'The Philosophy of Philosophy' [Blackwell 2007], p.8
A Reaction
This could stand as a motto for the whole current profession of analytical philosophy. It means that if anyone attempts to be dramatic they can make their own way out. They'll find Kripke out there, smoking behind the dustbins.
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[philosophy explores where reason take us]:
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We shouldn't always follow where the argument leads!
[Lewis on Plato]
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The winds of the discussion should decide its destination
[Plato]
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Philosophy is the collection of rational arguments
[Cicero]
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17240
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Definitions are the first step in philosophy
[Hobbes]
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Reason is only interested in knowledge, actions and hopes
[Kant]
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Because there is only one human reason, there can only be one true philosophy from principles
[Kant]
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6184
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Consistency is the highest obligation of a philosopher
[Kant]
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If we look at the world rationally, the world assumes a rational aspect
[Hegel]
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An idea on its own isn't an idea, because they are continuous systems
[Peirce]
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24143
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Thinkers might agree some provisional truths, as methodological assumptions
[Nietzsche]
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17641
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Discoveries in mathematics can challenge philosophy, and offer it a new foundation
[Russell]
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5189
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Philosophers should abandon speculation, as philosophy is wholly critical
[Ayer]
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Philosophy aims to build foundations for thought
[Derrida, by May]
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Like disastrous small errors in navigation, small misunderstandings can wreck intellectual life
[Harré/Madden]
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Philosophy aims to reveal the grandeur of mathematics
[Badiou]
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We overvalue whether arguments are valid, and undervalue whether they are interesting
[Monk]
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Progress in philosophy is incremental, not an immature seeking after drama
[Williamson]
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Interesting philosophers hardly every give you explicitly valid arguments
[Martin,M]
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