G. Skirbekk’s global history of philosophy as a study of multiple modernisations

  • Andrei Yu. Dudchik Institute of Philosophy, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 1 Surhanava Street, 2 building, Minsk 220072, Belarus https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6810-5103

Abstract

The article elaborates the project of the global history of philosophy by the Norwegian philosopher G. Skirbekk. The basic principles of study of philosophical ideas, the specifics of his understanding of philosophical knowledge and its epistemic claims, the difference between the history of philosophy and the history of ideas are reconstructed. The connection of the concept of history of philosophy by G. Skirbekk with his philosophical understanding of the subject of modernity and modernisation is demonstrated, variants of possible further development of the concept of the global history of philosophy are presented.

Author Biography

Andrei Yu. Dudchik, Institute of Philosophy, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 1 Surhanava Street, 2 building, Minsk 220072, Belarus

PhD (philosophy), docent; deputy director for research

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Published
2021-02-18
Keywords: G. Skirbekk, global history of philosophy, history of philosophy, history of ideas, multiple modernities, modernization
How to Cite
Dudchik, A. Y. (2021). G. Skirbekk’s global history of philosophy as a study of multiple modernisations. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Philosophy and Psychology, 1, 25-30. Retrieved from https://journals.bsu.by/index.php/philosophy/article/view/3636
Issue
No 1 (2021): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Philosophy and Psychology
Section
History of Philosophy

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