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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 3. Philosophy Defined
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Philosophy is a department of logic [Ayer]
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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / e. Philosophy as reason
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Philosophers should abandon speculation, as philosophy is wholly critical [Ayer]
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1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 3. Metaphysical Systems
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Super-ordinate disciplines give laws or principles; subordinate disciplines give concrete cases [Peirce, by Atkin]
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1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 7. Against Metaphysics
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Humeans rejected the a priori synthetic, and so rejected even Kantian metaphysics [Ayer, by Macdonald,C]
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1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 7. Limitations of Analysis
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Critics say analysis can only show the parts, and not their distinctive configuration [Ayer]
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1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 1. Aims of Science
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We do not wish merely to predict, we also want to explain [Newton-Smith]
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The real problem of science is how to choose between possible explanations [Newton-Smith]
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For science to be rational, we must explain scientific change rationally [Newton-Smith]
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1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 2. Positivism
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Positivists hold that theoretical terms change, but observation terms don't [Newton-Smith]
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Critics attack positivist division between theory and observation [Newton-Smith]
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1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 3. Scientism
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Philosophy deals with the questions that scientists do not wish to handle [Ayer]
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