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The Future of the History of PhilosophyThe Philosopher. 2023.One way to scry the future of philosophy is to look at its past. However, the history of philosophy – both as a field of academic study and in more popular literature – tends to tell a rather narrow and parochial story. This story predominantly focuses on Europe to the exclusion of almost everywhere else. The shift away from such a bias has already begun, especially in the specialist history of philosophy literature, but there are still deeply Eurocentric assumptions built into the most influent…Read more
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Thales – the ‘first philosopher’? A troubled chapter in the historiography of philosophyBritish Journal for the History of Philosophy 30 (5): 727-750. 2022.It is widely believed that the ancient Greeks thought that Thales was the first philosopher, and that they therefore maintained that philosophy had a Greek origin. This paper challenges these assumptions, arguing that most ancient Greek thinkers who expressed views about the history and development of philosophy rejected both positions. I argue that not even Aristotle presented Thales as the first philosopher, and that doing so would have undermined his philosophical commitments and interests. B…Read more
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Cambridge UniversityFaculty of Philosophy, Peterhouse College
Faculty of ClassicsPost-doctoral Fellow
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Areas of Specialization
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Classical Chinese Philosophy |
Classical Daoism, Misc |
Zhuangzi |
Pre-Socratic Philosophy |
Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy |
Parmenides |