«Rationale Trennung» or «Marriage d’Amour»? History and Philosophy of Educational Research

Possibilities of the Philosophy of History

Philosophy of Mathematics and Philosophy of History

mathematical and one philosophical. In the first, Socrates leads the slave boy to correct, refine, and extend his intuition of a pair of geometrical diagrams by examining his presuppositions in the light of certain background knowledge (about arithmetic), as they solve a problem together. In the second, Socrates leads Meno to correct, refine, and extend his intuition about virtue as well as abo...

Right Queer: Hegel’s Philosophy of Marriage

1. right queer? T he terms of contemporary debates about marriage bear an uncanny resemblance to those outlined by G. F. W. Hegel in his Grundlinien der Philosophie des Rechts, or Foundations of the Philosophy of Right, published in 1821.1 Unlike any other philosopher, Hegel triangulates marriage between love and contract in ways that still resonate today. As an agreement made by rational conse...

History/Philosophy

Several physicians, born in Empoli area, have an outstanding position in the history of medicine. First of all, we have to stress the great insights into anatomy and physiology that Leonardo (Vinci 1452 – Cloux 1519) realized about five centuries ago. The second scientist we want to introduce is Michele Mercati, who was born in San Miniato on 1541. He was educated at the University of Pisa, whe...

On Defining African Philosophy: History, Challenges, and Perspectives