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In this paper I assume, by definition, that philosophers are arguing, first and foremost
concerning their own validity claims, but now and then also concerning claims
or presuppositions presented by other thinkers, and also concerning validity claims
raised by scientists and scholars in different fields, or concerning political ideologies
or religious claims, or concerning major events and challenges in societies. Hence,
a history of philosophy should be situated and argumentative: both socio-historically
situated, and argumentative, taking various validity claims seriously. Hence, we
could learn something from these thinkers, and not merely about them. Moreover, for
a global history of philosophy, in our time, it should be brought up to our present
situation, epistemically and otherwise. If so, the idea of a global history of philosophy,
conceived in this way, tends to become a history of global modernization – certainly,
each time with its short-comings and special selections.