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History of Philosophy of Science as Philosophy of Science by Other Means?

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Adorno once remarked that the history of philosophy is the history of forgetting. Problems and ideas once examined fall out of sight and out of mind only to resurface later as novel and new.

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Mormann, T. (2010). History of Philosophy of Science as Philosophy of Science by Other Means?. In: Stadler, F. (eds) The Present Situation in the Philosophy of Science. The Philosophy of Science in a European Perspective, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9115-4_2

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