Synoptic philosophy

{{Short description|Blending and appreciation of wisdom in its totality}}

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). [https://books.google.com/books?id=VSrrXcuFfNQC&dq Philosophy: An Introduction to the Art of Wondering]. Fort Worth, TX: Harcourt Brace College Publishers. {{ISBN|978-0-15-505592-6}}

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.