Adrian Moore on Philosophy and Its History
Philosophy Bites
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The Power of Reflecting on Why We're Not Viable
I didn't mean to suggest that any great philosophical idea of the past will always remain viable. There are plenty of examples of philosophical positions that we can still recognise as great, though it would be out of the question any longer for anybody to adopt them. The very process of looking back and saying why that's no longer a position that we could occupy is itself of philosophical interest.
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