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Prolegomena to Any Future Philosophy
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Walker, Mark Alan |
| Copyright Year | 2002 |
| Abstract | Since its inception, philosophy has struggled to reconcile the apparent finitude of humans with the traditional telos of philosophy—the attempt to unite thought and Being, to arrive at absolute knowledge, at a final theory of everything. In response, some pragmatists, positivists, and philosophical naturalists have offered a deflationary account of philosophy: the ambitions of philosophy ought to be scaled back to something much more modest. Inflationism is offered as an alternative: it is conjectured that philosophy might make more progress towards the traditional telos if we attempt to create beings (through the application of technology) who are as far removed from us in intelligence as we are from apes. Rather than deflating the ambitions of philosophy we ought to consider inflating the abilities of philosophers. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.jetpress.org/volume10/Prolegomena.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
