Full Idea
Quine rejects Carnap's view that the methods of science and philosophy are distinct.
Gist of Idea
Quine rejects Carnap's view that science and philosophy are distinct
Source
report of Willard Quine (On Carnap's Views on Ontology [1951]) by Stephen Boulter - Why Medieval Philosophy Matters 5
Book Reference
Boulter,Stephen: 'Why Medieval Philosophy Matters' [Bloomsbury 2019], p.122
A Reaction
I can't decide this one. Leibniz agreed with Carnap, but rated philosophy more highly. I like the view of philosophy as continuous with science, but that doesn't make it a branch of science. I incline towards science being a branch of philosophy.
Related Idea
Idea 16943 Philosophy is continuous with science, and has no external vantage point [Quine]