Philosophy as a Protoscience
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When in search of an explanation for the nature of philosophy, a good starting point is to inquire as to its origins. As is commonly known, Occidental philosophy originated in Ancient Greece as a substitute for mythological and religious explanations. Instead of accepting explanations of the foundations and origins of reality based on the anthropomorphic projections of mythology, the early Greek philosophers realized that reality could also be explained speculatively, by appealing to impersonal (or nearly impersonal) principles, for example, water (Thales), air (Anaximenes), the infinite (Anaximander) and being (Parmenides), or living forces like love and hate (Empedocles)....1 Questions that could help us to understand the na-
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