philosophy of art, science ,. etc continued....

Philosophy of art, science, etc There is no such thing or scientific subject such as 'philosophy of art, science, music, etc" in the narrow or strict sense. Activities that are labelled as such are reflections on or thinking and talking ABOUT (second order activities compared to the first order activities of DOING art, music, science, and other) socio-cultural practices. Philosophy (as love of wisdom) provides insights into and understanding of anything and by means of such insights and understanding one MIGHT arrive at wisdom. Such 'philosophical' thinking about/reflecting on and talking about first order activities and practices may or may not assist in 'wisdom'. The discourse and socio-cultural practice of Philosophy, have like all discourses and socio-cultural practices restrictions, norms, aims and a purpose. People often stray from these and do things that are unrelated to the discourse of philosophy. The cross the boundaries of this discourse and attempt to make philosophy do what it is not able to do. They end up doing things in the name of philosophy that are meaningless when they employ language in ways that no longer make sense. Whatever it is they are doing, whatever name they call it, is not philosophy in the strict sense. It might be philosophy in the wider sense as when it is said "everyone has a philosophy", in other words an opinion. ulrich 28/3/2015