Thematic Issue: Canonizations and Ruptures: Scientific Uses of the History of Philosophy Science in Context (Cambridge University Press)
\n\nGuest Editors: Marco Tamborini (Pegaso University)\, Andrea Gentili (Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg / Università\; degli Studi di Padova)
\n\nPhysicists\, biologists\, mathematicians\, neuroscientists\, and social theorists continually construct narratives about the philosophical tradition. They invoke Aristotle or Kant\, declare certain metaphysics obsolete\, and rewrite rationalism or empiricism to demarcate their own field. This issue takes such practices seriously as epistemic acts: when scientists reconstruct a past philosopher\, they build conceptual genealogies and actively shape the canonization or marginalization of authors within the history of philosophy.
\nThe guiding hypothesis is that the history of philosophy is a space of conceptual operations shared between philosophers and scientists\, with direct implications for the development\, stabilization\, and transformation of scientific knowledge. We invite contributions addressing questions such as: What is the epistemic status of the philosophical genealogies produced by scientists? How do they shape the reception of philosophers within and beyond scientific communities? Can a sharp separation between history of philosophy and history of science still be defended? Who has the authority to narrate the philosophical past\, and under what conditions does that narration become normative for a research field?
\nWe welcome case studies across scientific disciplines and historical periods examining the epistemic\, institutional\, and theoretical function of such historical readings.
\n\nExpected date of completion: all papers submitted by February 2027
\n\nIf interested\, please send an abstract of approximately 750 words to the Guest Editors: \; Andrea Gentili &mdash\; andrea.gentili.2@phd.unipd.it &\; Marco Tamborini &mdash\; marco.tamborini@unipegaso.it
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