Where is the need for it? The question us whether philosophers are doing their jobs competently. Can you fail at something you don’t claim to be doing? Do philosophers claim have The Truth?
Socrates rather famous said the opposite...he only knows that he does not know.
The claim that philosophers sometimes make is that you can’t just substitute science for philosophy because philosophy deals with a wider range of problems. But that isnt the same as claiming to have The Truth about them all.
Where is the need for it? The question us whether philosophers are doing their jobs competently. Can you fail at something you don’t claim to be doing? Do philosophers claim have The Truth?
That’s basically what they’re for, yes, and certainly they claim to have more Truth than any other field, such as “mere” sciences.
Is that what they say?
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Socrates rather famous said the opposite...he only knows that he does not know.
The claim that philosophers sometimes make is that you can’t just substitute science for philosophy because philosophy deals with a wider range of problems. But that isnt the same as claiming to have The Truth about them all.