yes
how to view philosophical theories - their status
their relationship to the theories that become their
subjects
there is the idea beginning with Plato - that such theories
- that philosophy is the queen of the sciences
i.e. - more fundamental theory - or level of theory
putting aside - for the moment - the question of the logic
of this - what it means for one theory to gobble up another -
we can begin by asking e.g. - Plato's theory of forms -
why should we - why do we regard such a conception as more
fundamental - than say biology - or zoology?
what I have in mind in general here - is the status of
philosophical theory
is philosophical language - just another peculiar language
or set of languages -
outgrowths of ordinary language?
so what are philosophers doing when they elucidate
a concept?
clearly - it's a sharp focus - and the revelation of
'space' - in an area of discourse that presents as 'closed'
but the doing of this is just another form of reflecting
I want to suggest here the philosopher is just another
worker in the vineyard - he is not the wine maker
(there is no wine maker?
perhaps this has implications for theology?
no God - rather creation a work in progress -
never began - always beginning
and the idea that all facets of reality are involved
in its realization
at whatever time and place
no central point of origin
everything is the origin
but to understand this you would have to give up the
idea of nothing or non-existence
- well you can't have everything - or is it quite
the opposite?)
