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Originally philosophy encompassed all knowledge, and philosophers were polymaths. For example, Aristotle worked on problems in physics, biology, psychology, and political science, as well as in logic and ethics; and Descartes was interested in mathematics, physics, biology, and psychology as well as in philosophy proper. Nowadays philosophy is a branch of the humanities, and philosophers confine their attention to conceptual problems of a certain kind. They do not pass judgment on special matters of fact, which they gladly leave in the hands of scientists and technologists.
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Bunge, M., Ardila, R. (1987). Why Philosophy of Psychology?. In: Philosophy of Psychology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4696-1_1
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