[caption id=”” align=”alignnone” width=”817.0"] Turning Descartes upside down[/caption] Many people I know, thoughtful people at that, have a poor opinion of philosophy. They think it’s a has-been discipline: too many words and too little applicability. It’s a pretty short sighted view, but that view is encouraged by philosophers who hew close to the sciences. As long as philosophy is seen as a handmaiden to science, it’s destined to be meta butterfly collecting.
The Design of Philosophy
The Design of Philosophy
The Design of Philosophy
[caption id=”” align=”alignnone” width=”817.0"] Turning Descartes upside down[/caption] Many people I know, thoughtful people at that, have a poor opinion of philosophy. They think it’s a has-been discipline: too many words and too little applicability. It’s a pretty short sighted view, but that view is encouraged by philosophers who hew close to the sciences. As long as philosophy is seen as a handmaiden to science, it’s destined to be meta butterfly collecting.