Synoptic philosophy comes from the Greek word συνοπτικός synoptikos ("seeing everything together") and together with the word philosophy, means the love of wisdom emerging from a coherent understanding of everything together.Christian, J. L. (1998). Philosophy: An Introduction to the Art of Wondering. Fort Worth, TX: Harcourt Brace College Publishers. ;
James L. Christian's Philosophy: An Introduction to the Art of Wondering (1973) takes a unique synoptic approach: its author believes that philosophy is critical thinking about the "Big Picture". The goal of the book is not merely to introduce the history of formal thinking in western culture, but also to provide students with practical approaches and tools for dealing with some of the enduring questions as they manifest in everyday life.
The philosopher Wilfrid Sellars (1962) also uses the term synoptic vision.Wilfrid Sellars (1962), "Philosophy and the Scientific Image of Man", in Robert Colodny, ed., Frontiers of Science and Philosophy, Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, pp. 35–78. Reprinted in Science, Perception and Reality (1963).Jay F. Rosenberg (1990). "Fusing the Images: Nachruf for Wilfrid Sellars", Journal for General Philosophy of Science, 21: 1–23.
See also Interdisciplinarity New Historicism Social constructivism A Syntopicon Systems thinking
References
External links Wilfrid Sellars (1962), Philosophy and the Scientific Image of Man Jay F. Rosenberg (1990), Fusing the Images: Nachruf for Wilfrid Sellars Introduction: Lawrence Durrell, Text, Hypertext, Intertext