In my previous two posts, I attacked Continental philosophy and Analytic philosophy, respectively. But some philosophers remain unoffended, so now it's time for me to attack the third main thing that people do in philosophy departments: the history of philosophy. I don't understand why we have history of philosophy. I've taken several courses in history of philosophy, and listened to many lectures on it over the years, and occasionally I have raised this question, but no one has ever told me why we have this field.
Against History
Against History
Against History
In my previous two posts, I attacked Continental philosophy and Analytic philosophy, respectively. But some philosophers remain unoffended, so now it's time for me to attack the third main thing that people do in philosophy departments: the history of philosophy. I don't understand why we have history of philosophy. I've taken several courses in history of philosophy, and listened to many lectures on it over the years, and occasionally I have raised this question, but no one has ever told me why we have this field.