(July 20, 2025 at 3:39 pm)GrandizerII Wrote: I'm all for methodological naturalism, but we shouldn't be blind to the fact that we need to resort to philosophy when pushed in the context of a debate to defend it.
My bolding. What do you mean by "we"? I am not defending philosophy, except historically.
I think the facts support the idea that philosophy as a discipline is now largely obsolete, since its many spin-offs have become so specialized in their own rights.