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Philosophy, its History and Historiography

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  • © 1985

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Editors:
  1. A. J. Holland

    1. Department of Philosophy, University of Lancaster, UK

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Part of the book series: Royal Institute of Philosophy Conferences (RIPC, volume 3)

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Table of contents (22 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Conceptions of Philosophy’s History

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The End of Metaphysics: Philosophy’s Supreme Fiction?

      • Jonathan Rée
      Pages 3-26

    3. ‘The End of Metaphysics’ and the Historiography of Philosophy

      • M. R. Ayers
      Pages 27-40

    4. The End of Metaphysics: A Comment

      • Anthony Manser
      Pages 41-46

    5. Reply to Ayers and Manser

      • Jonathan Rée
      Pages 47-48

    6. Epistemology without Foundations

      • Mary Hesse
      Pages 49-68

    7. Philosophy after Rorty

      • Philip Pettit
      Pages 69-83

    8. Comment on Rorty

      • Adam Morton
      Pages 85-86

    9. ‘Heterodox’, ‘Xenodox’, and Hermeneutic Dialogue

      • Mary Hesse
      Pages 87-90

    10. Reply to Mary Hesse

      • Philip Pettit
      Pages 91-92

  3. Philosophy in the Seventeenth Century

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 93-93
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    2. Occultism and Philosophy in the Seventeenth Century

      • G. MacDonald Ross
      Pages 95-115

    3. Occultism and Reason

      • Simon Schaffer
      Pages 117-143

    4. Reply to Simon Schaffer

      • G. MacDonald Ross
      Pages 145-147

    5. First Philosophy and Natural Philosophy in Descartes

      • Gary Hatfield
      Pages 149-164

    6. Cartesian Science in France, 1660–1700

      • Desmond M. Clarke
      Pages 165-178

    7. Caricatures in the History of Philosophy: The Case of Spinoza

      • Richard Francks
      Pages 179-194

    8. Leibniz’s Break with Cartesian ‘Rationalism’

      • Stuart Brown
      Pages 195-208

    9. Lockean Mechanism

      • Edwin McCann
      Pages 209-231
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About this book

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

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`This is a rewarding volume which bears witness to the healthy state in which the history of philosophy at present finds itself.'
The Times Higher Education Supplement (1986)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Philosophy, University of Lancaster, UK

    A. J. Holland

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Philosophy, its History and Historiography

  • Editors: A. J. Holland

  • Series Title: Royal Institute of Philosophy Conferences

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5317-8

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1985

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-1945-4Published: 30 September 1985

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-011-7661-3Published: 13 November 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-5317-8Published: 29 June 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 337

  • Topics: History, general, History of Philosophy, Philosophy, general

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