Philosophy makes no progress. It fails to do so in the way science and mathematics make progress. By “no progress” is meant that there is no successive advance of a well-established body of knowledge—no views are definitively established or definitively refuted. Yet philosophers often talk and act as if the subject makes progress, and that its point and value lies in its doing so, while in fact they also approach the subject in ways that clearly contradict any claim to progress. This article presents evidence for, and a theoretical explanation of, the view that philosophy makes no progress, concluding with an account of what philosophy is and what the point and value of it is. Philosophy should not be shy about being what it is, nor should it pretend to be what it is not. What it is should be reflected in philosophizing and the way it is taught.

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哲学没有进步，它的意义何在？

哲学没有进步。它没有以科学和数学取得进步的方式做到这一点。“没有进步”的意思是没有一个完善的知识体系的连续进步——没有明确地建立或明确地反驳任何观点。然而，哲学家们的谈话和行动常常好像该学科取得了进步，其意义和价值在于这样做，而事实上，他们也以明显与任何进步主张相矛盾的方式接近该学科。本文提供了哲学没有进步的观点的证据和理论解释，最后解释了哲学是什么以及哲学的观点和价值是什么。哲学不应该羞于成为它所是的，也不应该假装它不是它。它是什么应该反映在哲学化和教学方式中。