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Studies on Locke: Sources, Contemporaries, and Legacy - In Honour of G.A.J. Rogers (Paperback, Softcover reprint of 1st ed. 2008)
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Studies on Locke: Sources, Contemporaries, and Legacy - In Honour of G.A.J. Rogers (Paperback, Softcover reprint of 1st ed. 2008)
Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees, 197
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John Cottingham In the anglophone philosophical world, there has,
for some time, been a curious relationship between the history of
philosophy and contemporary philosophical - quiry. Many
philosophers working today virtually ignore the history of their s-
ject, apparently regarding it as an antiquarian pursuit with little
relevance to their "cutting-edge" research. Conversely, there are
historians of philosophy who seldom if ever concern themselves with
the intricate technical debates that ll the journals devoted to
modern analytic philosophy. Both sides are surely the poorer for
this strange bifurcation. For philosophy, like all parts of our
intellectual culture, did not come into existence out of nowhere,
but was shaped and nurtured by a long tradition; in uncovering the
roots of that tradition we begin see current philoso- ical problems
in a broader context and thereby enrich our understanding of their
signi cance. This is surely part of the justi cation for the
practice, in almost every university, of including elements from
the history of philosophy as a basic part of the undergraduate
curriculum. But understanding is enriched by looking forwards as
well as backwards, which is why a good historian of philosophy will
not just be c- cerned with uncovering ancient ideas, but will be
constantly alert to how those ideas pre gure and anticipate later
developments.
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