Pragmatist Historiography in Unmodern Philosophy and Modern Philosophy

Review of "Unmodern Philosophy and Modern Philosophy"

Introduction: The Philosophy of Historiography

This book studies our knowledge of history, its nature, historical development, epistemic limits, and scope. In ordinary language “history” is ambiguous. It may mean past events or the study of past events (Dray, 1993, p. 1). In its original Greek historie is etymologically related to the verb “to see” and consequently to inquiry and knowledge. In other languages, “history” means a story (Le Go...

Toward a Pragmatist Philosophy of Science

This three-part essay begins with a diagnosis of the career of general philosophy of science in the tradition begun by Hempel’s reform of logical positivism. Since 1950, Anglophone philosophy of science has largely sought general accounts of confirmation, theory and explanation. It has not found them. Instead it has assembled some valuable tools for exploring problems in the natural and social ...

The Role of Philosophy in Modern Medicine

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Ancient greek philosophy and modern psychiatry.