Philosophy, its History and Historiography

✍ Scribed by Jonathan Rée (auth.), A. J. Holland (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 1985
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 335
• Series: Royal Institute of Philosophy Conferences 3
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The Royal Institute of Philosophy has been sponsoring conferences in alternate years since 1969. These have from the start been intended to be of interest to persons who are not philosophers by profession. They have mainly focused on interdisciplinary areas such as the philosophies of psychology, education and the social sciences. The volumes arising from these conferences have included discussions between philosophers and distinguished practitioners of other disciplines relevant to the chosen topic. Beginning with the 1979 conference on 'Law, Morality and Rights' and the 1981 conference on 'Space, Time and Causality' these volumes are now constituted as a series. It is h

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The End of Metaphysics: Philosophy’s Supreme Fiction?....Pages 3-26
‘The End of Metaphysics’ and the Historiography of Philosophy....Pages 27-40
The End of Metaphysics: A Comment....Pages 41-46
Reply to Ayers and Manser....Pages 47-48
Epistemology without Foundations....Pages 49-68
Philosophy after Rorty....Pages 69-83
Comment on Rorty....Pages 85-86
‘Heterodox’, ‘Xenodox’, and Hermeneutic Dialogue....Pages 87-90
Reply to Mary Hesse....Pages 91-92
Front Matter....Pages 93-93
Occultism and Philosophy in the Seventeenth Century....Pages 95-115
Occultism and Reason....Pages 117-143
Reply to Simon Schaffer....Pages 145-147
First Philosophy and Natural Philosophy in Descartes....Pages 149-164
Cartesian Science in France, 1660–1700....Pages 165-178
Caricatures in the History of Philosophy: The Case of Spinoza....Pages 179-194
Leibniz’s Break with Cartesian ‘Rationalism’....Pages 195-208
Lockean Mechanism....Pages 209-231
Lockean Mechanism: A Comment....Pages 233-239
Front Matter....Pages 241-241
Hume and the “Metaphysical Argument A Priori ”....Pages 243-270
The Historical and Philosophical Significance of Hume’s Theory of the Self....Pages 271-285
Front Matter....Pages 241-241
Kant’s Refutation of Idealism....Pages 287-303
The Hagiography of Common Sense: Dugald Stewart’s Account of the Life and Writings of Thomas Reid....Pages 305-322
Back Matter....Pages 323-337

✦ Subjects

History; History of Philosophy; Philosophy