Understanding Philosophical Progress

这个项目的目的是通过将科学进步的概念描述扩展到哲学进步的描述，从而建立第一个关于科学和哲学进步的统一描述。根据这一说法，进步在于增加理解，即掌握某物如何依赖于或不依赖于另一物。建立一个统一的描述将揭示智力进步的性质，并大大推进关于以下问题的元哲学辩论：(I)哲学进步的盛行；(Ii)专家分歧是否会破坏进步，以及以何种方式；以及(Iii)哪些哲学方法促进进步。

This project aims to develop the first unified account of progress in science and philosophy, by extending the noetic account of scientific progress into an account of philosophical progress. According to this account, progress consists in increased understanding, i.e., in grasping how something depends on, or fails to depend on, something else. Developing a unified account will shed light on the nature of intellectual progress quite generally, as well substantially advancing meta-philosophical debates about (i) the prevalence of philosophical progress; (ii) whether, and the ways in which, expert disagreement would undermine progress; and (iii) which philosophical methodologies promote progress.