[lit-ideas] Meta-Philosophy
- From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 20:32:03 EDT
In a message dated 8/21/2004 8:21:08 PM Eastern Standard Time,
Robert.Paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
'What is philosophy' is a philosophical question in a way that 'What is
history?' isn't a historical question. In order to answer it, one might have
to
do some philosophy: and where would that leave us?
----
Well, some say that 'what is philosophy' is a _meta-_philosophical question,
and why can't an answer to that question be given which is _sociology_or
_history_-based?
Incidentally, there is a whole journal, _Metaphilosophy_, edited by the
Department of Philosophy at University of Southern Connecticut, which concerns
itself with metaphilosophical inquiry.
Cheers,
JL
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