Historiography and the Formation of Philosophical Canons

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.

Editorial Introduction Sandra Lapointe and Erich Reck 1. Reimagining the Canon through the Lens of Mexican Philosophy Robert Eli Sanchez, Jr. 2. When Logic Goes East (and Far West) Julie Brumberg-Chaumont 3. How to Change a Philosophical Canon Lisa Shapiro 4. History as a Weapon: T.H. Green, Empiricism, and the New Science of Mind Alexander Klein 5. The Sociology of Philosophical Canons: The Case of Georg Simmel Martin Kusch 6. Canonizing Wittgenstein: Biography, English Male Homosocial Desire, and Wittgenstein’s Queerness as a Cambridge Don, 1953-1977 David Loner 7. Interpretation and the History of Philosophy: A Pragmatic Account Jeffrey Elawani and Sandra Lapointe 8. Making Past Thinkers Speak to Us through Pragmatic Genealogies Matthieu Queloz 9. Historical Narratives and Transtemporal Problems in Philosophy Claude Panaccio 10. Philosophy and its Past: A Eudaimonistic Perspective Aaron Preston 11. Philosophical Histories, Dynamic Practices, and Contested Canons Erich H. Reck 12. Let it Rip: An Analysis of Philosophical Canons and a Partial Argument for Being a Canon-Shredder Landon D. C. Elkind 13. From Popper to Standpoint Theory: Reason and the Canon Lydia Patton 14. Frankenstein in Athens: Digital History of Philosophy Comes Alive! Christopher D. Green 15. Separate Isles? On Historiography, Philosophy, and Intellectual History Daniel Woolf