A philosophy’s self-knowledge requires codifying its practical rules of research

Evidence

Bernheim’s book is not a treatise on the philosophy of historicism, but it is implicitly linked to that. A so-called “sociology of the philosophy of praxis” should stand in the same relation to the philosophy itself as Bernheim’s book does to historicism in general. In other words it should be a systematic exposition of practical canons of research and interpretation of history—and politics; a collection of immediate criteria, of critical precautions, etc., a philology of history and politics as they are conceived by the philosophy of praxis. — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1478

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines what a ‘sociology of the philosophy of praxis’ would be: a practical philology of history and politics — the method’s self-examination.
• XREF: Connects to later Gramsci readings on method — self-critique codified as research canons rather than abstract theory. Also echoes the reader’s critical-theory toolkit need for how a ‘philosophy of praxis’ understands its own analytic practice.
• QUESTION: Worth chasing: what exactly is Gramsci’s philosophy of praxis method, viewed as practical canons — this is the scaffolding for how he reads history against dogmatism.