Philosophy of the History of Philosophy

Answers three urgent questions that all philosophers face: How do philosophy and the history of philosophy relate; how should philosophers generally approach the history of philosophy; and what reasons should philosophers who are not historians of philosophy study the history of philosophy?

About the author

Nathaniel Goldberg is professor of philosophy at Washington and Lee University in Virginia, USA.

Product details

• Authors: Nathaniel Goldberg
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 08.01.2026
• EAN: 9781666976885
• ISBN: 978-1-6669-7688-5
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; History of Ideas, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, Philosophy, HISTORY / Historiography, Historiography, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought