stages of philosophical development

[Advocate]

1) Aristotelian - explicit acknowledgement of the need for rigor and first steps toward establishing a formal framework of understanding
2) Platonic - basic taxonomy and vocabulary
3) Post-Kantian - adequate epistemology (skepticism, rationality, knowledge acquisition)
<- less wrong / more right ->
4) expertise (having explored the borders of your subject and encountered many exceptions)
5) mastery - coherent system that accounts for all relevant variables effectively
6) meta - extras (practical wisdom, formal acceptance, accessibility)
7) sublime - doing it beautifully

[FlashDangerpants]

Your own work being what comes after stage 7?

[Advocate]

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Your own work being what comes after stage 7?
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I'm still working on stage 6.

But that entirely misses the point.. do you think it's a good taxonomy?

There might be another level or two between 2 and 3.
4 could be phrased better.

[alan1000]

I think Advocate could use another couple of glasses of Semillon. O rmaybe it's me that could.

The real stages:
You accept the wisdom of your university tutors.
You think of objections, which they can easily demolish, because thousands have thought of them before.
You hit on another objection, which they cannot easily demolish, because they were not previously aware of such objections.
You think of objections, replies to which you cannot find anywhere in the literature.

Then you post to forums like this, where the hope of enlightenment goes to die.

Waiter, another one please!