Has Philosophy over stepped it's boundaries?

[bennyboy]

It shows that the system is complete, and fleshed out, instead of just being some overtly practical system cobbled together in someone's mental equivalent of a backyard shed.

Why does that smell to me of academic snobbery of the worst kind?

If you'd read the whole passage, you'd see the exact opposite is true. Philosophy allows for the examination of an issue from as many different perspectives as a person cares to put on it-- and if some of these perspectives prove fruitless, no matter. At least the final product won't be dogma; it will be a battle-tested strongman, worthy of transmission to the next set of ears, or the next culture. It seems to me that is the exact opposite of snobbery.