Editing Metaphilosophy (section)

===Progress===
A prominent question in metaphilosophy is whether philosophical progress occurs and, moreover, whether such progress in philosophy is even possible.<ref>Dietrich, Eric (2011). [https://commons.pacificu.edu/work/sc/292c2488-3e73-4ae5-abf4-0c26c29dea7c There Is No Progress in Philosophy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302202652/https://commons.pacificu.edu/work/sc/292c2488-3e73-4ae5-abf4-0c26c29dea7c |date=2021-03-02 }}. Essays in Philosophy 12 (2):9.</ref>

[[David Chalmers]] divides inquiry into philosophical progress in metaphilosophy into three questions.
#The Existence Question: is there progress in philosophy?
#The Comparison Question: is there as much progress in philosophy as in science?
#The Explanation Question: why isn't there more progress in philosophy?<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Chalmers|first1=David|title=Why Isn't There More Progress in Philosophy?|journal=Philosophy|date=2015|volume=90|issue=1|pages=3–31|doi=10.1017/S0031819114000436|url=http://consc.net/papers/progress.pdf|access-date=18 December 2017|hdl=1885/57201|s2cid=170974260|hdl-access=free}}</ref>

[[Ludwig Wittgenstein]], in [[Culture and Value]] remarked, "Philosophy hasn't made any progress? - If somebody scratches the spot where he has an itch, do we have to see some progress?...And can't this reaction to an irritation continue in the same way for a long time before the cure for an itching is discovered?".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hutto |first1=D. |title=Wittgenstein and the End of Philosophy Neither Theory Nor Therapy |date=2003 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |page=218}}</ref>

According to [[Hilary Putnam]] philosophy is more adept at showing people that specific ideas or arguments are wrong than that specific ideas or arguments are right.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Putnam |first1=Hilary |title=Renewing Philosophy |date=1995 |publisher=Harvard University Press |page=134}}</ref>