Editing Metaphilosophy (section)

===Aims===
Some philosophers (e.g. [[existentialism|existentialists]], [[pragmatism|pragmatists]]) think philosophy is ultimately a practical discipline that should help us lead meaningful lives by showing us who we are, how we relate to the world around us and what we should do. {{Citation needed|date=February 2009}} Others (e.g. [[analytical philosophy|analytic philosophers]]) see philosophy as a technical, formal, and entirely theoretical discipline, with goals such as "the disinterested pursuit of knowledge for its own sake".<ref name=pdp>''Penguin Dictionary of Philosophy'' (2005)</ref> Other proposed goals of philosophy include discovering the absolutely fundamental reason of everything it investigates, making explicit the nature and significance of ordinary and scientific beliefs,<ref>''[[Collins English Dictionary]]''</ref> and unifying and transcending the insights given by science and religion.<ref name=mp>''Mastering Philosophy'' by Anthony Harrison-Barbet (1990){{page needed|date=March 2013}}</ref> Others proposed that philosophy is a complex discipline because it has 4 or 6 different dimensions.<ref>Adler, Mortimer (1993), ''The Four Dimensions of Philosophy: Metaphysical-Moral-Objective-Categorical''</ref><ref>{{cite journal|author=Vidal, Clément|title=Metaphilosophical Criteria for Worldview Comparison|journal=Metaphilosophy|year=2012|volume=43|issue=3|pages=306–347|url=http://homepages.vub.ac.be/%7Eclvidal/writings/Vidal-Metaphilosophical-Criteria.pdf|doi=10.1111/j.1467-9973.2012.01749.x|citeseerx=10.1.1.508.631}}</ref>