Feest, Uljana (Author)
Sturm, Thomas (Author)
Erkenntnis: International Journal of Analytic Philosophy
Volume: 75
Pages: 285--302
Edition Details: Editors' Introduction to a special issue: “What (Good) Is Historical Epistemology”
Language: German
We provide an overview of three ways in which the expression "Historical epistemology" (HE) is often understood: (1) HE as a study of the history of higher-order epistemic concepts such as objectivity, observation, experimentation, or probability; (2) HE as a study of the historical trajectories of the objects of research, such as the electron, DNA, or phlogiston; (3) HE as the long-term study of scientific developments. After laying out various ways in which these agendas touch on current debates within both epistemology and philosophy of science (e.g., skepticism, realism, rationality of scientific change), we conclude by highlighting three topics as especially worthy of further philosophical investigation. The first concerns the methods, aims and systematic ambitions of the history of epistemology. The second concerns the ways in versions of HE can be connected to versions of naturalized and social epistemologies. The third concerns the philosophy of history, and in particular the level of analysis at which a historical analysis should aim.
...MoreDescription Contents:
Article Feest, Uljana (2011) Remembering (Short-Term) Memory: Oscillations of an Epistemic Thing. Erkenntnis: International Journal of Analytic Philosophy (p. 391).
Article Chang, Hasok (2011) The Persistence of Epistemic Objects Through Scientific Change. Erkenntnis: International Journal of Analytic Philosophy (p. 413).
Article Friedman, Michael (2011) Extending the Dynamics of Reason. Erkenntnis: International Journal of Analytic Philosophy (p. 431).
Article Barker, Peter (2011) The Cognitive Structure of Scientific Revolutions. Erkenntnis: International Journal of Analytic Philosophy (p. 445).
Article Tiles, Mary (2011) Is Historical Epistemology Part of the “Modernist Settlement”?. Erkenntnis: International Journal of Analytic Philosophy (p. 525).
Article Heidelberger, Michael (2011) Causal and Symbolic Understanding in Historical Epistemology. Erkenntnis: International Journal of Analytic Philosophy (p. 467).
Article Kusch, Martin (2011) Reflexivity, Relativism, Microhistory: Three Desiderata for Historical Epistemologies. Erkenntnis: International Journal of Analytic Philosophy (p. 483).
Article Stroud, Barry (2011) Epistemology, the History of Epistemology, Historical Epistemology. Erkenntnis: International Journal of Analytic Philosophy (p. 495).
Article Kitcher, Philip (2011) Epistemology without History is Blind. Erkenntnis: International Journal of Analytic Philosophy (p. 505).
Article Sturm, Thomas (2011) Historical Epistemology or History of Epistemology? The Case of the Relation Between Perception and Judgment. Erkenntnis: International Journal of Analytic Philosophy (p. 303).
Article Schickore, Jutta (2011) The Significance of Re-Doing Experiments: A Contribution to Historically Informed Methodology. Erkenntnis: International Journal of Analytic Philosophy (p. 325).
Article Wise, M. Norton (2011) Science as (Historical) Narrative. Erkenntnis: International Journal of Analytic Philosophy (p. 349).
Article Arabatzis, Theodore (2011) On the Historicity of Scientific Objects. Erkenntnis: International Journal of Analytic Philosophy (p. 377).
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