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Ideas for 'From an Ontological Point of View', 'Justice: What's the right thing to do?' and 'Replies on 'Limits of Abstraction''

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1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 5. Linguistic Analysis

7001	If you begin philosophy with language, you find yourself trapped in it [Heil]
	Full Idea: If you start with language and try to work your way outwards, you will never get outside language.
	From: John Heil (From an Ontological Point of View [2003], Pref)
	A reaction: This voices my pessimism about the linguistic approach to philosophy (and I don't just mean analysis of ordinary language), though I wonder if the career of (say) John Searle is a counterexample.

1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 7. Limitations of Analysis

10571	Concern for rigour can get in the way of understanding phenomena [Fine,K]
	Full Idea: It is often the case that the concern for rigor gets in the way of a true understanding of the phenomena to be explained.
	From: Kit Fine (Replies on 'Limits of Abstraction' [2005], 2)
	A reaction: This is a counter to Timothy Williamson's love affair with rigour in philosophy. It strikes me as the big current question for analytical philosophy - of whether the intense pursuit of 'rigour' will actually deliver the wisdom we all seek.