Full Idea
I see philosophy not as an a priori propaedeutic or groundwork for science, but as continuous with science. I see philosophy and science as in the same boat. …There is no external vantage point, no first philosophy.
Clarification
A 'propaedeutic' is a preparation
Gist of Idea
Philosophy is continuous with science, and has no external vantage point
Source
Willard Quine (Natural Kinds [1969], p.126)
Book Reference
Quine,Willard: 'Ontological Relativity and Other Essays' [Columbia 1969], p.126
A Reaction
Philosophy is generalisation. Science holds the upper hand, because it settles the subject-matter to be generalised.
Related Idea
Idea 22153 Quine rejects Carnap's view that science and philosophy are distinct [Quine, by Boulter]