Concept

Metaphilosophy

Overview

philosophical inquiry into the aims of philosophy, the boundaries of philosophy, and its methods

Overview adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for authors).

Philosophers who discussed Metaphilosophy

• Kazimierz Twardowski
• G. E. Moore
• Gilles Deleuze
• Kai Nielsen (philosopher)
• Timothy Williamson
• Graham Priest
• Hilary Putnam
• Jan Patočka
• Franca D'Agostini

Related ideas

• Gilbert Ryle
• Empiricism
• Meta (prefix)
• Étienne Gilson
• Self-reflection
• Nigel Warburton
• Greek language
• Naturalized epistemology
• Philosophy
• Intuition
• Analytic philosophy
• Ludwig Wittgenstein
• Experimental philosophy
• Metaphysics
• Metaethics
• Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
• Aesthetics
• Thomas Aquinas
• Orthography
• Collins English Dictionary
• Religion
• David Chalmers
• Revelation
• Truth

Opposing perspectives

• Argument
• PhilPapers
• Empirical evidence
• Philosophy of language
• Outline of philosophy

Place in the tradition

Part of Outline of philosophy.

Narrower topics:

• Collins English Dictionary
• Georges Clemenceau
• Henri Lefebvre
• Meta (prefix)
• Orthography
• Peter Damian
• Curt John Ducasse
• Charles L. Griswold
• Jiyuan Yu
• Appraisal theory
• Morris Lazerowitz
• Opinion poll

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