Full Idea
Philosophy is a value- and attitude-driven enterprise; philosophy is in false consciousness when it sees itself otherwise.
Gist of Idea
Philosophy is a value- and attitude-driven enterprise
Source
Bas C. van Fraassen (The Empirical Stance [2002], 1.5)
Book Reference
Fraassen,Bas van: 'The Empirical Stance' [Yale 2002], p.17
A Reaction
It is one thing to be permeated with values, and another to be value-driven. Truth, reason and logic are (I take it) granted a high value in philosophy, just as the offside rule is in football. I am trying to place reality in charge, not humanity.