Cahoone. Modest or immodest philosophy?- Corey Maiden

In the beginning of the text, Cahoone describes the relationship between philosophical tasks construed modestly and immodestly. He describes philosophy as, "Part of the body of knowledge society wishes to bequeath to subsequent generations."(Cahoone) My understanding of the two terms is that modest philosophy is the applied science of reason, while immodest philosophy is asking questions for the sake of exercising philosophical strength. It is implied that there is no reason to ask such questions knowing that they cannot yet are possibly ever be answered but doing this can help philosophers better master their art. "Immodestly construed, the tasks of philosophy are so monumental that no justification seems possible."(Cahoone) If this is the case then maybe this is what philosophers do when they have run out of things to argue about. These types of exercises help prepare the mind to break down and analyze questions and answers in a way that can best reveal the truth, or in many religious and immodest cases, the desired truth is produced through these logical steps. It seems that modest philosophy tends to looks at problems from the bottom up and immodest thinks of problems from the top down. An immodest philosopher may ask “Is the sky really there?” It does not really matter if it is really there or not we perceive it and so it is a part of our life whether it is “really there” or not.