http://www.iep.utm.edu/con-meta/
The description of the early analytic philosophers is that of a methodology, namely to analyze the world in terms of logical propositions. This is really a methodology, but I extract a metaphilosophy from it: philosophy seeks to (1) discover a method for describing the world (and its subjects) in such a way as to be informative (i.e. not mere tautologies nor contradictions), and then (2) to apply this method, however, restricted by its requirements (e.g. therefore can’t philosophize on ethics). The conclusion of (1) is logical atomism (for Russell et al.), and to describe this as a metaphilosophy means defining metaphilosophy as a method for describing the world.
