Social history of philosophy

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A social history of philosophy deals with the interactions between philosophy and society . Such interactions are possible in both directions.

The emergence of social history also promoted corresponding focuses in the context of the history of science. These are reflected in book titles such as B. Social history of the sciences .

Social conditions of philosophy

The social conditions are factors for the development and decay of philosophical currents. The social origins of important philosophers or their everyday life can be viewed as a possible cause of their philosophical emphasis.

Philosophy influences society

There are philosophical influences on the way society thinks and acts. The two areas cannot be strictly separated, but they represent different focuses.

How philosophy affects the way people think can be examined by examining a specific layer of society, e.g. B. those people who had educational opportunities and from whom their own written statements have been received, e.g. B. Naturalist. The following questions should be asked: To what extent can a philosophical discussion be recognized in your writings, which specialist philosophers name you, with which philosophical direction do you sympathize?

Philosophical influences on the actions of people can be recognized, for example, from the political effects of Marxism.

literature

  • Günter Schulz (Hrsg.): On the social history of literature and philosophy in the age of the Enlightenment (Wolfenbütteler studies for the Enlightenment; 1). Berlin 1974.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ As defined on http://www.graf-stuhlhofer.at/philosophie.phtml
  2. ^ John Desmond Bernal: Social history of the sciences - this is the title in later German editions, Reinbek near Hamburg; Orig. London 1954: Science in History .
  3. ↑ Wilhelm Weischedel: The philosophical back stairs. 34 great philosophers in thought and everyday life. Nymphenburger Verlagshandlung, Munich 1966 u.ö.
  4. ↑ See for example Franz Graf-Stuhlhofer : The philosophical discussion of Austrian natural scientists around 1800. Selected examples: Littrow, Unger, Doppler, Petzval, Hyrtl. In: Michael Benedikt, Reinhold Knoll (ed.): Education and imagination. … Philosophy in Austria (1820-1880) (Repressed Humanism - Delayed Enlightenment; 3). Vienna 1995, 467-472.

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