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Ideas for 'Mahaprajnaparamitashastra', 'The Empirical Stance' and 'Representation and Reality'

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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / a. Philosophy as worldly

2352	The job of the philosopher is to distinguish facts about the world from conventions [Putnam]
	Full Idea: It is the job of the philosopher to distinguish what is fact and what is convention in our theorising about the world.
	From: Hilary Putnam (Representation and Reality [1988], §7 p.112)
	A reaction: This may well be the entire truth about philosophy. It begins with the Nomos-Physis debate in ancient Athens, and it turns out to be the key issue in almost every area of metaphysics, epistemology, aesthetics and morality.

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 7. Despair over Philosophy

12772	Philosophy is a value- and attitude-driven enterprise [Fraassen]
	Full Idea: Philosophy is a value- and attitude-driven enterprise; philosophy is in false consciousness when it sees itself otherwise.
	From: Bas C. van Fraassen (The Empirical Stance [2002], 1.5)
	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.