What's the difference between philosophy and the history of philosophy? The history of philosophy, in history departments, is called either the history of ideas or intellectual history, and the subtle differences in methodology produce wildly different results. I look at this topic through Arthur Lovejoy, Quentin Skinner, and Dominick LaCapra.

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