Sailing to the Truth

Back Cover Text (From the Promotional Bulletin)

Stéphane Van Damme, who offers a new perspective on the Enlightenment Period, goes beyond the history of thought and concepts by tracing the travels, friendships, correspondence and archives of philosophers, and the places of knowledge such as salons, colleges and botanical gardens in cities such as Rome, Paris and Edinburgh. He contributes to the history of philosophy “in the open air”.

“The history of intellectual philosophy has established the method that gives priority to understanding the philosophical problem, which has been seen as both a genre and an institutional and pedagogical activity since the 19th century. He made a great contribution to the institutionalization of philosophy and its recognition in politics and society. However, if we look at the matter more closely, what we call the history of philosophy is characterized even today by a weak historicization of activities and objects that are often conceived of as historical constants...

Therefore, for a long time he ignored the fruitful exchanges between history and literature, between history and the history of the sciences, or between history and the history of art, which could have illuminated the circulation of methods and reshaped the epistemological boundaries.”

Editor: Korkut Erdur

Dough Type: 2nd Dough

Number of Pages: 328

Size: 13.5 x 21

First Print Year: 2018

Number of Printings: 1st Edition