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How History Matters to Philosophy: Reconsidering Philosophy’s Past After Positivism: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy

Autor Robert C. Scharff
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In recent decades, widespread rejection of positivism’s notorious hostility toward the philosophical tradition has led to renewed debate about the real relationship of philosophy to its history. How History Matters to Philosophy takes a fresh look at this debate. Current discussion usually starts with the question of whether philosophy’s past should matter, but Scharff argues that the very existence of the debate itself demonstrates that it already does matter. After an introductory review of the recent literature, he develops his case in two parts. In Part One, he shows how history actually matters for even Plato’s Socrates, Descartes, and Comte, in spite of their apparent promotion of conspicuously ahistorical Platonic, Cartesian, and Positivistic ideals. In Part Two, Scharff argues that the real issue is not whether history matters; rather it is that we already have a history, a very distinctive and unavoidable inheritance, which paradoxically teaches us that history’s mattering is merely optional. Through interpretations of Dilthey, Nietzsche, and Heidegger, he describes what thinking in a historically determinate way actually involves, and he considers how to avoid the denial of this condition that our own philosophical inheritance still seems to expect of us. In a brief conclusion, Scharff explains how this book should be read as part of his own effort to acknowledge this condition rather than deny it.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781138642157
ISBN-10: 1138642150
Pagini: 372
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 18 mm
Greutate: 1.1 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Seria Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy

Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Public țintă

Postgraduate and Undergraduate

Cuprins

Introduction  1. Thinking from Nowhere: A Way of Being Historical Part One  2. Socrates contra Platonism: The Success of Aporetic Inquiry  3. Descartes contra Cartesianism: The Historicity of Meditation  4. Comte, the Last Honest Positivist: His Defense of Being One Part Two  5. Dilthey: From Epistemology to the Problem of History  6. Nietzsche: From the Scientific Problem of History to Historical Science as an Existential Problem  7. Heidegger: The Problem of History as Pre-Philosophical.  Conclusion

Notă biografică

Robert C. Scharff is Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of New Hampshire, USA, and former Editor of Continental Philosophy Review.

Descriere

With the era of positivistic hostility toward philosophy’s past ending, renewed debate has started concerning the relationship between philosophers and their history. The lead question is usually whether philosophy’s past should matter to present practice, but Scharff argues that it inevitably does matter. In Part 1, he shows how history matters even for Socrates, Descartes, and Comte, despite their seemingly ahistorical Platonic, Cartesian, and Positivistic ideals. In Part 2, through interpretations of Dilthey, Nietzsche, and Heidegger, Scharff describes what "having a history" involves today, when the tradition we inherit encourages the idea that having one is optional and surmountable.