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How History Matters to Philosophy - Reconsidering Philosophy's Past After Positivism (Paperback)
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How History Matters to Philosophy - Reconsidering Philosophy's Past After Positivism (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy
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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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