Grad Seminar Research Questions on Method

Questions about Method in Philosophy

1. Does philosophy have "its own" methods?
2. What, if anything, is distinctive about the problem of method in philosophy in comparison to other fields?
3. Does method define philosophy? If not, what does?
4. What is the difference between using a method from an historical tradition and working from that tradition?
5. What is the difference between naturalism or phenomenology as a movement and as a set of methods?
6. How would you approach a taxonomy of method in philosophy?