Historiography and the Formation of Philosophical Canons - Paperback

by Sandra Lapointe (Editor), Erich H. Reck (Editor)

This book presents a series of case studies and reflections on the historiographical assumptions, methods, and approaches that shape the way in which philosophers construct their own past.

Author Biography

Sandra Lapointe is Professor of Philosophy at McMaster University. Dr. Lapointe's philosophical work spans the history of logic in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Her current research projects all focus on knowledge mobilisation and innovation policy in the social sciences and humanities.

Erich H. Reck is Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Riverside. His research concerns the philosophy of mathematics, the history and philosophy of logic, and early analytic philosophy. He is also interested in meta-philosophy, Neo-Kantianism, and the philosophy of science and technology.