Perennial Philosophy and the History of Mysticism
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DOI: 10.1007/s11841-021-00847-3
Abstract: The purpose of this article is to expose a basic flaw at the root of perennialism as a method for studying mysticism—its distinction between ‘exoteric’ and ‘esoteric’ components of mysticism and religion. Rather than being… read more here.
Keywords: philosophy; perennial philosophy; history mysticism; mysticism ... See more keywords
Women, philosophy and the history of philosophy*
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DOI: 10.1080/09608788.2018.1563766
Abstract: ABSTRACT It is only in the last 30 years that any appreciable work has been done on women philosophers of the past. This paper reflects on the progress that has been made in recovering early-modern… read more here.
Keywords: philosophy history; philosophy women; philosophy; women philosophy ... See more keywords
Medieval philosophy: a history of philosophy without any gaps
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DOI: 10.1080/09608788.2020.1828035
Abstract: Fortunately – and perhaps surprisingly, due to the size of a field which remains absent from most philosophy departments, especially in the Anglophone world – medieval philosophy is awash with exce... read more here.
Keywords: philosophy history; philosophy without; philosophy; history philosophy ... See more keywords
From evolutionary theory to philosophy of history
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DOI: 10.1177/0952695117741042
Abstract: Well into the 1940s, many French biologists rejected both Mendelian genetics and Darwinism in favour of neo-transformism, the claim that evolution proceeds by the inheritance of acquired characteristics. In 1931 the zoologist Maurice Caullery published… read more here.
Keywords: philosophy history; theory philosophy; philosophy; history ... See more keywords
Contingency, Freedom, and Uchronic Narratives: Charles Renouvier's Philosophy of History in the Shadow of the Franco-Prussian War
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DOI: 10.1353/jhi.2021.0013
Abstract: Abstract:In 1876, the French philosopher Charles Renouvier published Uchronie, an obscure philosophical novel narrating an alternate history where Christianity fails to take root in the West. Far from being a literary divertissement, the novel rests… read more here.
Keywords: philosophy history; freedom; charles renouvier; philosophy ... See more keywords