Philosophy and the historical perspective /

Some pursue philosophy via its history, while others focus on current debates without reference to the past. But a growing group of philosophers believe historical perspective can contribute to current debates. 'Philosophy and the Historical Perspective' explores the importance of this per...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ackeren, Marcel van (Author, Editor)
Other Authors: Klein, Lee (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Published for the British Academy by Oxford University Press, 2018.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Proceedings of the British Academy ; 214.
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Table of Contents:
  • Philosophy and the historical perspective : a new debate on an old topic / Marcel Van Ackeren
  • What have the historians ever done for us? / Hans-Johann Glock
  • Why we need a real history of philosophy / John Marenbon
  • Progress and historical reflection in philosophy / Thomas Grundmann
  • On interpreting historical texts and contributing to current philosophy / Marcel Van Ackeren
  • Meaning, the history of philosophy, and analytical philosophy : a parmenidean ascent / Michael Della Rocca
  • Reason in history / John Skorupski
  • The liaison between analytic and ancient philosophy and its consequences / Christof Rapp
  • The alienation effect in the historiography of philosophy / Dominik Perler
  • What has history to do with philosophy? : insights from the medieval contemplative tradition / Christina Van Dyke
  • Hegel on the political significance of collective self-deceit / Robert Pippin
  • The history of philosophy reveals that 'great' philosophy is disguised moral advocacy : a Nietzschean case against the Socratic canon in philosophy / Brian Leiter
  • The sociology of philosophical knowledge revisited : relativism, scepticism, reductionism / Martin Kusch
  • On philosophical problems : some remarks on an old battlefield / Ursula Renz
  • History as an interdisciplinary dialogue : the case of philosophy and economics / Lisa Maria Herzog .