I see philosophy, best, as providing an investigation into different possibilities and ideas that may not have been considered or are not currently testable. It can be a refined consideration of what we mean by various concepts and an attempt to makes sense of the varied uses of words. By presenting thought experiments, it helps us to hone our intuitions and our ideas.
But, at worst, philosophy becomes dogmatic and insists that a particular viewpoint is the *only* viewpoint. In almost every case where that has happened, philosophy has been wrong. For example, Kant considered Euclidean geometry to be a priori. We know that is nowhere close to being the case.
But, at worst, philosophy becomes dogmatic and insists that a particular viewpoint is the *only* viewpoint. In almost every case where that has happened, philosophy has been wrong. For example, Kant considered Euclidean geometry to be a priori. We know that is nowhere close to being the case.
