Philosophy and the study of its history

Metaphilosophy 39 (2):203–219 (2008)
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Abstract

This paper is guided by, and begins to make plausible, the idea that there can be a naturalistic metaphilosophy, i.e., an inquiry that takes philosophy as an object of study in something like the way that contemporary (naturalistic) philosophy of science takes science as an object of study. The paper’s more specific goal is to ventilate certain provocative speculations concerning the character of philosophy’s cognitive achievement, especially over time. But this more specific goal will be approached indirectly, through addressing in a preliminary way the question what the proper relationship is between philosophy and the study of philosophy’s history.

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Andrew Melnyk
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Progress and Historical Reflection in Philosophy.Thomas Grundmann - 2018 - In Marcel van Ackeren (ed.), Philosophy and the Historical Perspective. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 51-68.

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