Is There Progress in Philosophy? The Case for Taking History Seriously

Autor:	Peter Slezak
Rok vydání:	2018
Předmět:	Philosophy of mind Philosophy media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences 06 humanities and the arts 0603 philosophy ethics and religion Historical evidence 050105 experimental psychology Epistemology Optimism 060302 philosophy 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Indictment media_common
Zdroj:	Philosophy. 93:529-555
ISSN:	1469-817X 0031-8191
DOI:	10.1017/s0031819118000232
Popis:	In response to widespread doubts among professional philosophers (Russell, Horwich, Dietrich, McGinn, Chalmers), Stoljar argues for a ‘reasonable optimism’ about progress in philosophy. He defends the large and surprising claim that ‘there is progress on all or reasonably many of the big questions’. However, Stoljar's caveats and admitted avoidance of historical evidence permits overlooking persistent controversies in philosophy of mind and cognitive science that are essentially unchanged since the 17thCentury. Stoljar suggests that his claims are commonplace in philosophy departments and, indeed, the evidence I adduce constitutes an indictment of the widely shared view among professional analytic philosophers.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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