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Philosophy in History: Essays in the Historiography of Philosophy
Richard Rorty, J. B. Schneewind, Quentin Skinner (Eds.)
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Description for Philosophy in History: Essays in the Historiography of Philosophy
paperback. A volume of essays on the current debate about the relationship between philosophy and its history. Editor(s): Rorty, Richard; Schneewind, Jerome B.; Skinner, Quentin. Series Editor(s): Skinner, Quentin; Daston, Lorraine; Ross, Dorothy; Tully, James. Series: Ideas in Context. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 634.
The sixteen essays in this volume confront the current debate about the relationship between philosophy and its history. On the one hand intellectual historians commonly accuse philosophers of writing bad - anachronistic - history of philosophy, and on the other, philosophers have accused intellectual historians of writing bad - antiquarian - history of philosophy. The essays here address this controversy and ask what purpose the history of philosophy should serve. Part I contains more purely theoretical and methodological discussion, of such questions as whether there are 'timeless' philosophical problems, whether the issues of one epoch are commensurable with those of ... Read more
The sixteen essays in this volume confront the current debate about the relationship between philosophy and its history. On the one hand intellectual historians commonly accuse philosophers of writing bad - anachronistic - history of philosophy, and on the other, philosophers have accused intellectual historians of writing bad - antiquarian - history of philosophy. The essays here address this controversy and ask what purpose the history of philosophy should serve. Part I contains more purely theoretical and methodological discussion, of such questions as whether there are 'timeless' philosophical problems, whether the issues of one epoch are commensurable with those of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
Series
Ideas in Context
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521273305
SKU
9780521273305
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