ABSTRACT
It is not easy to characterize Abraham Edel’s conception of philosophy. It is at once both conservative and liberal in perspective, insisting that much is to be gained by looking to the past history of our subject for new ideas and insights that can be fruitfully applied to our present concerns and problems. He is not a follower of fashion in philosophy, but he is not just a contrarian either, although that feature of his perspective is one that has always appealed to my own “Yankee” sentiments. He believes in change and, most remarkably, in philosophical progress.
