Institute of Philosophy SAS
Topic
Is the Philosophy of History Possible Today?
PhD. program
Year of admission
2025
Name of the supervisor
Prof. h.c. Jon Stewart, PhD., Dr. habil phil. et theol.
Contact:
Receiving school
Univerzita Pavla Jozefa Šafárika v Košiciach
Annotation
While the philosophy of history was a thriving field in the 19th century, it has become increasingly insignificant in contemporary philosophy. Today both the postmodern and the analytic theories reject the idea of progress or meaning in history, which was central to traditional theories. Is it possible to do philosophy of history without these ideas? Is the philosophy of history still a viable field in philosophy today or should it be regarded as an antiquated paradigm?