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Encyclopedia > Philosophical view

To take the philosophical view in common speech means to observe without passion.


Philosophers are fond of describing the stands they take on particular philosophical disputes as views. They also call them theories. These phrases are instances of philosophical jargon.


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1939: Philosophy - Archive Article - MSN Encarta (1134 words)
Its view, in general, is that philosophers do not actually disagree with each other, because the problems with regard to which they seem to disagree are only pseudo problems resulting from linguistic confusions.
Regardless of whether their view concerning philosophical problems is correct, it cannot, however, be said that in practice they have been successful.
This view is already well known from his 'The Right and the Good.' But in his more recent book he no longer holds that 'good' has a single meaning; he now maintains that moral good and pleasure are not good in the same sense.
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