Synoptic philosophy explained

Synoptic philosophy comes from the Greek word συνοπτικός synoptikos ("seeing everything together") and together with the word philosophy, means the love of wisdom emerging from a coherent understanding of everything together.^[1]

Wilfrid Sellars (1962) used the term synoptic vision.^{[2] [3]}

See also

• Interdisciplinarity
• New Historicism
• Social constructivism
• Systems thinking

External links

• Wilfrid Sellars (1962) Philosophy and the Scientific Image of Man
• Jay F. Rosenberg (1990) Fusing the Images: Nachruf for Wilfrid Sellars
• Introduction: Lawrence Durrell, Text, Hypertext, Intertext

Notes and References

1. Christian, J. L. (1998). Philosophy: An Introduction to the Art of Wondering. Fort Worth, TX: Harcourt Brace College Publishers.
2. Wilfrid Sellars (1962). "Philosophy and the Scientific Image of Man," in: Robert Colodny, ed., Frontiers of Science and Philosophy, Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, pp. 35–78. Reprinted in Science, Perception and Reality (1963).
3. Jay F. Rosenberg (1990). "Fusing the Images: Nachruf for Wilfrid Sellars." Journal for General Philosophy of Science, 21: 1–23.