#538 Stephen Gaukroger - The Failures of Philosophy: A Historical Essay
RECORDED ON JULY 14th 2021.
Dr. Stephen Gaukroger is Emeritus Professor of History of Philosophy and History of Science at the University of Sydney. Dr. Gaukroger has completed a long-term project on the emergence and consolidation of a scientific culture in the West from 1210 to 1935: The Emergence of a Scientific Culture (Oxford, 2006),The Collapse of Mechanism and the Rise of Sensibility(Oxford, 2010),The Natural and the Human (Oxford, 2016), Civilization and the Culture of Science (Oxford, 2020). His re-working of the history of philosophy, The Failures of Philosophy (Princeton), was published in 2020. His current project is ‘The Uniqueness of the West: Classical Antiquity, the Orient, and the Construction of a European Cultural Identity, 1550-1914’. His new book is The Failures of Philosophy: A Historical Essay.
In this episode, we focus on The Failures of Philosophy. We first discuss what Dr. Gaukroger means by failures in Philosophy in his book. We ask what philosophy is, and what we can learn about it by studying how it failed. We get into some of the history of philosophy, from Plato to the natural philosophers. Finally, we discuss the current status of philosophy, how it relates to science, and its possible future.
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Intro
The failures of philosophy
What is Philosophy?
Is there progress in Philosophy?
History of Philosophy – from Plato to natural philosophy
The current status of philosophy, its relationship to science, and its future
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