Philosophical progress is invisible because it is incorporated into our points of view. What was tortuously secured by complex argument becomes widely shared intuition, so obvious that we forget its provenance. We don't see it, because we see with it.
In her book "Plato at the Googleplex," Rebecca Goldstein emphasizes that philosophical advancements often go unnoticed because they seamlessly integrate into our perspectives. What once required extensive debate and reasoning eventually becomes so ingrained in our understanding that it feels like common sense, resulting in a collective oversight of its origins.
This phenomenon highlights how philosophical ideas evolve from complex discussions into accepted truths. As these concepts become intuitive, they fade...
