Description: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."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with How History Matters to Philosophy: Reconsidering Philosophy's Past After Positivism. To get started finding How History Matters to Philosophy: Reconsidering Philosophy's Past After Positivism, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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How History Matters to Philosophy: Reconsidering Philosophy's Past After Positivism
Description: 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."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with How History Matters to Philosophy: Reconsidering Philosophy's Past After Positivism. To get started finding How History Matters to Philosophy: Reconsidering Philosophy's Past After Positivism, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.