Philosophical clarification

* cf. «Philosophical Clarification, Its Possibility and Point» D.D. Hutto, 2009. Mainly about such in relation to Wittgenstein: ‘What makes Wittgenstein’s conception of the end of philosophy importantly different is precisely the fact that it cannot be understood as a kind of theory-building aimed at the production of new knowledge. However, I have laboured to show that rejection of the idea that philosophical activity really just is, or reduces to, a form of ‘theorizing’ does not entail the acceptance of the idea that such activity is thereby only or purely therapeutic. There are other forms of philosophical activity than offering theories or providing therapy, and other reasons for pursuing philosophical projects than those. A philosophy with only clarificatory ambitions is not only possible but valuable.’
See: nomification; nomofication; naming; clarifying; constructing; scientific explanation; philosophistication; philosophication.