Who is a Philosopher?
| Article | |
|---|---|
| Title | Who is a Philosopher? |
| Author(s) | Glenn Borchardt |
| Published in | Beyond Mainstream |
| Date | 2019-03-19 |
| Subject area | Physics |
| Topics | philosophy of science |
Read online | Read the full article |
Archived copy | Archived version |
| Retrieved | 2026-07-23 |
"Who is a Philosopher?" is an article by Glenn Borchardt published on 19 March 2019 on Beyond Mainstream.
Answering a reader who objected that philosophy has no accepted definition, Borchardt offers one: the study and understanding of how the universe works. On that definition everyone is a philosopher, as everyone is a scientist — the opening claim of his book The Scientific Worldview — and infants begin the work early. What differs is scope: most people are occupied with subsistence and their philosophy extends no further than daily circumstances, while free time allows the question to be pushed further.