Philosophy, its History and Historiography (Royal Institute of Philosophy Conferences)

The Royal Institute of Philosophy has been sponsoring conferences in alternate years since 1969. These have from the start been intended to be of interest to persons who are not philosophers by profession. They have mainly focused on interdisciplinary areas such as the philosophies of psychology, education and the social sciences. The volumes arising from these conferences have included discussions between philosophers and distinguished practitioners of other disciplines relevant to the chosen topic. Beginning with the 1979 conference on'Law, Morality and Rights'and the 1981 conference on'Space, Time and Causality'these volumes are now constituted as a series. It is h PHILOSOPHY, ITS HISTORY AND HISTORIOGRAPHY......Page 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 4 SERIES PREFACE......Page 6 PREFACE......Page 7 PART I CONCEPTIONS OF PHILOSOPHY'S HISTORY......Page 9 THE END OF METAPHYS ICS: PHILOSOPHY'S SUPREM E FICTION?......Page 10 'THE END OF METAPH YSICS' AND THE HISTORIOGRAPHY O F PHILOSOPHY......Page 34 THE END OF METAPHYSICS: A COMMENT......Page 48 REPLY TO AYERS AND MANSER ......Page 54 EPISTEMOLOGY WITHOUT FOUNDATION S......Page 56 PHILOSOPHY AFTER RORTY......Page 76 COMMENT ON RORTY ......Page 91 'HETERODOX', 'XENODOX',AND HERMENEUTIC D IALOGUE......Page 93 REPLY TO MARY HESS E......Page 97 PART II PHILOSOPHY IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY......Page 99 OCCULTISM AND PHILOSOPHY IN THE S EVENTEENTH CENTURY......Page 100 OCCULTISM AND REASO N......Page 121 REPLY TO SIMON S CHAFFER......Page 148 FIRST PHILOSOPHY AND NATURAL PHI LOSOPHY IN DES CARTES......Page 151 CARTESIAN SCI ENCE IN FRANCE, 1660 - 1700......Page 167 CARICATURES IN THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY: THE CASE OF SPINOZA.......Page 181 LEIBNIZ'S BREAK WITH CARTESIAN 'RATIONALI SM'......Page 197 LOCKEAN MECHANISM ......Page 211 LOCKEAN MECHANISM : A COMMENT......Page 234 PART III PHILOSOPHY I N THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY......Page 241 HUME AND THE "METAPHYSICAL ARGUMENT A PRIORI"......Page 242 THE HISTORICAL AND PHILO SOPHICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUME'S THEORY OF TH E SELF......Page 270 KANT'S REFUTATION OF IDEALISM ......Page 285 THE HAGIOGRAPHY OF COMMON SENSE: DUGALD STEWART'S ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE AND WRITINGS O F THOMAS REID......Page 302 INDEX......Page 320 The Royal Institute of Philosophy has been sponsoring conferences in alternate years since 1969. Beginning with the 1979 conference on 'Law, Morality and Rights' and the 1981 conference on 'Space, Time and Causality' these volumes are now constituted as a series.