British Society for the History of Philosophy; Philosophers for Peace; The Question of Postmodernity; Chomsky Smear Campaign; Tomin; Royal Institute Lectures

John Fauvel and Peter Osborne ~ RP 041 (Autumn 1985) ~ News

News British Society for the History of Philosophy $ Every few years since the war, a British Society for the History of something-or-other has been set up. This wlll form an interesting study for the future historian of academe, as reveallng in its way as the flurry of scientific, phllosophical and llterary societies in early […]

The Social Function of Philosophy

Max Horkheimer ~ RP 003 (Winter 1972) ~ Article

THE SOOAL FUD[TIOD OF PHIOSOPHY When the words physics, chemistry, medicine, or history are mentioned in a conversation, the participants usually have something very definite in mind. Should any difference of opinion arise, we could consult an encyclopaedia or accepted textbook or turn to one or more outstanding specialists in the field in question. The […]

No Man’s Land: Reading Kant historically

Howard Caygill ~ RP 110 (Nov/Dec 2001) ~ Article

In 1784 Kant published an essay for a journal that represented the public face of an Enlightenment secret society of senior ofﬁcials in the administration of Frederick II. In the forty-fourth year of Frederickʼs reign it was necessary to plan for the succession and to ensure as far as possible the irreversibility of the achievements […]