A new philosophy is defined by transforming how philosophy itself is conceived

Evidence

Its originality lies not only in its transcending of previous philosophies but also and above all in that it opens up a completely new road, renewing from head to toe the whole way of conceiving philosophy itself. — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1645

Categorization

• DEFINE: Gramsci’s criterion for philosophical originality — a mode of conceiving philosophy rather than content — applicable to how he treats theory tools.
• XREF: connects to: Modern philosophy replaces substance-dualism solipsism with knowledge-based connection to the Other.; Expanding the interpretive horizon transforms the object of study itself. — Fredric Jameson, The Political Unconscious, 1738

Related

• Philosophy works by replacing one common sense with another aligned to the ruling group (similarity 0.83)
• Philosophy becomes historically true by diffusing into the popular mentality. (similarity 0.83)
• A philosophy’s intellectual sources do not constitute its essential content (similarity 0.82)
• No systematic research attributes the original philosophy of praxis thought (similarity 0.80)
• Philosophical truths are historically conditioned yet avoid relativism. (similarity 0.80)
• Mass philosophy must start from common sense and take polemical form (similarity 0.80)
• A philosophy becomes historical and living only through contact with the simple (similarity 0.80)
• Philosophical elaboration must be performed within the history of philosophy (similarity 0.80)
• Philosophy of praxis must be understood as historical methodology. (similarity 0.80)
• The dialectic only functions when philosophy of praxis stands as an integral philosophy. (similarity 0.79)
• Modern philosophy replaces substance-dualism solipsism with knowledge-based connection to the Other. (similarity 0.79)
• A philosophy of praxis begins by criticizing common sense while building on it (similarity 0.79)
• An epoch’s philosophy is a combination, not any single thinker’s system (similarity 0.79)
• Studying a worldview’s origin requires philological reconstruction and identifying discarded provisional elements. (similarity 0.78)
• Any epoch’s philosophy is an ensemble including common sense, not a single system (similarity 0.78)