Self-confidence and the Redundancy of Philosophy

Abstract

In this text we have sought to be matter-of-fact, empirical, and down-to-earth. In talking about the nature of knowledge, the way in which it is acquired and how it is liable to change under the direction of social interests, we have used many examples. In considering the relationship between ‘science’ and ‘non-science’ we have again used illustration. Our argument about the relationship between the two has been that such differences as there may be are best seen as a function of the operation of social interests, rather than as residing in a special scientific method.