Interactions in the history of philosophy: PHILHIST’13 conference proceedings, November 8-9, 2013, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University = Felsefe tarihinde etkileşimler: PHILHIST’13 konferans bildirileri, 8-9 Kasım 2013, Mimar Sinan Güzel Sanatlar Üniversitesi

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Philosophy can be described as an interaction center of an infinite number of dynamics that have progressed and differentiated by affecting each other throughout history. Although the history of philosophy examines philosophers, texts, and periods individually, it has also been the history of interactions, i.e., affecting and being affected. The historical, multifaceted identity of philosophy was also shaped by the correlations between philosophy and other disciplines, as well as among philosophers themselves.

All types of interaction (interactions between different regions and lands, unexpected historical links, contact of individuals, or even the concept of intertextuality itself) can be defined as one of the central sources for the history of philosophy. On a heterogeneous basis full of conflict and complementation, every idea causes a reaction, and every idea transforms itself by transforming another one. A reevaluation of the history of philosophy seems to be exciting from an interdisciplinary point of view, both on partial and large scales.

DAKAM's PHILHIST '13 History of Philosophy Conference aims to offer a comparative re-reading of philosophical texts around the historical mechanisms of interaction and will take place on November 7-9 at MSGSÜ (Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University).

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