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Tiberiusmoon
139What do you think is the dividing factor between studying a subject vs the philosophy of a subject?
Say Philosophy of the mind vs sociology or psychology, all with their respected fields that can lead to each other but at the same time categorized differently. -
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15.4kStudy of X denotes formulating a model for explaining X-relevant data or phenomena. Study of the 'philosophy of X', on the other hand, denotes analyzing, clarifying, further determining, delimiting, systematizing ... the concepts and methods used to describe X.
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