Thomas Arnold
Metaphilosophische Objektwahl und Kritik der kritischen Kriterien Neue Literatur zur Philosophie der Philosophie - Teil 2
Published in German.
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- 10.1628/phr-2024-0012
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Metaphilosophy is an ever-growing field of research and is on the verge of forming another philosophical sub-discipline; whether this a welcome development or a further sign of decadence remains debatable. This review-article presents and criticizes several different metaphilosophical (and even some meta-metaphilosophical) approaches, arising from and targeting different traditions. One pervading issue being the choice and justification of both texts and criteria: in developing either descriptive or normative accounts, authors implicitly or explicitly rely on perspectives, concepts and norms which inform their criticisms and proposals - but without a justification of these metaphilosophical presuppositions, the positions themselves are in danger of losing their grounding. What emerges from such reflections is a heap of critical questions and an uneasy pluralism of problematic positions - as is good and proper for philosophy.