:The debate over whether philosophy makes progress has focused on its failure to answer a core set of “big” questions. I argue that there are other kinds of philosophical progress which are equally important yet underappreciated: the creative development of new “philosophical devices” which increase our ability to think about the world, and the broadening of philosophical topics to ever greater adequacy to what matters. The conception of philosophy as defined by a narrow “core” set of questions is responsible for skepticism about progress, as well as for philosophy’s “marketing problem” — its failure to reach the general public. I argue for abandoning the distinction between “core” and “marginal” questions. The greater openness of philosophy to methodological diversity and diversity in topics, especially applied topics, will make a distinct kind of progress: in the breadth and completeness of the questions asked, phenomena investigated, and theories generated. Such openness may also make philosophy more hospitable to more diverse practitioners. This would also be conducive to progress, in the sense of reaching true answers to philosophical questions: greater diversity of philosophical practitioners has epistemic benefits, such as increasing objectivity.

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取得哲学进步：大问题、应用哲学和专业

：关于哲学是否取得进步的争论集中在它未能回答一组核心的“大”问题。我认为还有其他类型的哲学进步同样重要但未被充分重视：新“哲学手段”的创造性发展，提高了我们思考世界的能力，以及哲学主题的扩展，以更加充分地处理重要的事情。哲学概念被定义为一组狭窄的“核心”问题，这导致了对进步的怀疑，以及哲学的“营销问题”——它未能触及大众。我主张放弃“核心”和“边缘”问题之间的区别。哲学对方法论多样性和主题多样性的更大开放性，尤其是应用主题，将取得明显的进步：在提出的问题、研究的现象和产生的理论的广度和完整性方面。这种开放性也可能使哲学对更多不同的实践者更加友好。这也将有利于进步，从获得哲学问题的真正答案的意义上说：哲学实践者的更大多样性具有认识上的好处，例如提高客观性。