The relationship between philosophy and history has long been a
matter of contention. Philosophers have claimed that their pursuit
of universal law and eternal verities elevated them beyond
historians, who merely dabbled with the vagaries of the particular
and the contingent. Historians responded with the argument that
philosophy was important only in relation to its contribution to
concrete, historical truth.
A greater challenge for both philosophers and historians than
the defense of either of these positions has been to understand the
convoluted issues surrounding the intersection of their respective
disciplines. In "At the Nexus of Philosophy and History, " Bernard
P. Dauenhauer has collected eleven essays that explore the
relationship between the two disciplines and provide a significant,
innovative response to the problems created by such
exploration.
The original essays collected in this volume challenge the
artificial distinctions and disciplinary parochialism that have too
often characterized traditional academic debate. Instead of
advancing any one elaborate theory, "At the Nexus of Philosophy and
History" seeks to encourage a balanced approach toward the
exploration of the two fields by demonstrating that a full
understanding of the one is impossible without knowledge of the
other.
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