Permanent Contributions in Philosophy

被引:2
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作者
Lycan, William G. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Connecticut, Dept Philosophy, Storrs, CT 06269 USA
关键词
analytic philosophy; consensus; negative progress; permanent contribution; philosophical method; philosophical thesis; progress in philosophy; KNOWLEDGE;
D O I
10.1111/meta.12354
中图分类号
B [哲学、宗教];
学科分类号
01 ; 0101 ;
摘要
Has any school or movement in all of Western philosophy made a permanent contribution, permanent in the sense that it will last as long as philosophy does? More narrowly, has there ever been put forward a thesis that has achieved lasting consensus? After carefully defining "philosophical thesis" and "consensus," so as to forestall uninteresting answers, this paper argues that the ancient Greeks made one or two such contributions, and the Analytic philosophers (ca. 1890-1960) made a few, but there have been no others. Moreover (a) the Analytic contributions were more empirical than philosophical, and (b) they were almost entirely negative. So, the basic short answer to our question is "no." The paper concludes by asking in what way(s) there has been progress in philosophy.
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页码:199 / 211
页数:13
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