Single Idea 13477

[catalogued under 1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / d. Philosophy as puzzles]

Full Idea

The real monuments of philosophy are its problems.

Gist of Idea

The problems are the monuments of philosophy

Source

William D. Hart (The Evolution of Logic [2010], 2)

Book Reference

Hart,W.D.: 'The Evolution of Logic' [CUP 2010], p.53


A Reaction

Presumably he means '....rather than its solutions'. No other subject would be very happy with that sort of claim. Compare Idea 8243. A complaint against analytic philosophy is that it has achieved no consensus at all.

Related Idea

Idea 8243 Atheism is the philosopher's serenity, and philosophy's achievement [Deleuze/Guattari]