A New Philosophy Of History

Author : Frank Ankersmit,Hans Kellner
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781780231624

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A New Philosophy of History by Frank Ankersmit,Hans Kellner Pdf

What is history? From Thucydides to Toynbee historians and nonhistorians alike have wondered how to answer this question. A New Philosophy of History reflects on developments over the last two decades in historical writing, not least the renewed interest in the status of narrative itself and the presence of the authorial "voice." Subjects include the problems of Grand Narrative, multiple voices and the personal presence of the historian in his text, the ambitions of the French Annales school and the so-called "Grand Chronicler," and the relevance of non-literary models—museum presentations and picturings—regarding historical discourse. The range of approaches found in A New Philosophy of History ensures that this book will establish itself as required reading not only for historians, but for everyone interested in literary theory, philosophy, or cultural studies. This volume presents essays by Hans Kellner, Nancy F. Partner, Richard T. Vann, Arthur C. Danto, Linda Orr, Philippe Carrard, Ann Rigney, Allan Megill, Robert Berkhofer, Stephen Bann, and Frank Ankersmit.

Author : Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
Page : 569 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1905
Category : History
ISBN : 9781465592736

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The Philosophy of History by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Pdf

Author : M.C. Lemon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2003-08-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134717460

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Philosophy of History by M.C. Lemon Pdf

Philosophy of History is an essential introduction to a vast body of writing about history, from classical Greece and Rome to the modern world. M.C. Lemon maps out key debates and central concepts of philosophy of history, placing principal thinkers in the context of their times and schools of thought. Lemon explains the crucial differences between speculative philosophy as an enquiry into the content of history, and analytic philosophy of history as relating to the methods of history. The first two parts of the book trace each of these traditions, whereas the third part revisits both in the light of recent contributions to the discipline. This guide provides a comprehensive survey of historical thought since ancient times. Its clear terminology and lucid argument will make it an invaluable source for students and teachers alike.

Author : Daniel Little
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2010-08-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789048194100

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New Contributions to the Philosophy of History by Daniel Little Pdf

Insights developed in the past two decades by philosophers of the social sciences can serve to enrich the challenging intellectual tasks of conceptualizing, investigating, and representing the human past. Likewise, intimate engagement with the writings of historians can deepen philosophers’ understanding of the task of knowing the past. This volume brings these perspectives together and considers fundamental questions, such as: What is historical causation? What is a large historical structure? How can we best conceptualize “mentalities” and “identities”? What is involved in understanding the subjectivity of historical actors? What is involved in arriving at an economic history of a large region? How are actions and outcomes related? The arguments touch upon a wide range of historical topics -- the Chinese and French Revolutions, the extension of railroads in the nineteenth century, and the development of agriculture in medieval China.

Author : Richard Rorty,Jerome B. Schneewind,Quentin Skinner
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1984-11-08
Category : History
ISBN : 0521273307

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Philosophy in History by Richard Rorty,Jerome B. Schneewind,Quentin Skinner Pdf

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Author : Paul A. Roth
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780810140899

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The Philosophical Structure of Historical Explanation by Paul A. Roth Pdf

In The Philosophical Structure of Historical Explanation, Paul A. Roth resolves disputes persisting since the nineteenth century about the scientific status of history. He does this by showing why historical explanations must take the form of a narrative, making their logic explicit, and revealing how the rational evaluation of narrative explanation becomes possible. Roth situates narrative explanations within a naturalistic framework and develops a nonrealist (irrealist) metaphysics and epistemology of history—arguing that there exists no one fixed past, but many pasts. The book includes a novel reading of Thomas S. Kuhn’s The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, showing how it offers a narrative explanation of theory change in science. This book will be of interest to researchers in historiography, philosophy of history, philosophy of science, philosophy of social science, and epistemology.

Author : Przemyslaw Tacik
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2021-07-29
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781350201286

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A New Philosophy of Modernity and Sovereignty by Przemyslaw Tacik Pdf

Tackling important philosophical questions on modernity – what it is, where it begins and when it ends – Przemyslaw Tacik challenges the idea that modernity marks a particular epoch, and historicises its conception to offer a radical critique of it. His deconstruction-informed critique collects and assesses reflections on modernity from major philosophers including Hegel, Heidegger, Lacan, Arendt, Agamben, and Žižek. This analysis progresses a new understanding of modernity intrinsically connected to the growth of sovereignty as an organising principle of contemporary life. He argues that it is the idea of 'modernity', as a taken-for-granted era, which is positioned as the essential condition for making linear history possible, when it should instead be history, in and of itself, which dictates the existence of a particular period. Using Hegel's notion of 'spirit' to trace the importance of sovereignty to the conception of the modern epoch within German idealism, Tacik traces Hegel's influence on Heidegger through reference to the 'star' in his late philosophy which represents the hope of overcoming the metaphysical poverty of modernity. This line of thought reveals the necessity of a paradigm shift in our understanding of modernity that speaks to contemporary continental philosophy, theories of modernity, political theory, and critical re-assessments of Marxism.

Author : José Ortega y Gasset
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 0252070453

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Toward a Philosophy of History by José Ortega y Gasset Pdf

Bears the mark of Ortega's fine intelligence and his abiding faith in the redemptive power of engaged living and original thinking

Author : Michael Stanford
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1998-02-04
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780631199410

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An Introduction to the Philosophy of History by Michael Stanford Pdf

This book uncovers the wealth of philosophical problems that history presents, and encourages further thought on how these issues grow out of historical questions.

Author : Aviezer Tucker
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 581 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2011-06-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781444351521

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A Companion to the Philosophy of History and Historiography by Aviezer Tucker Pdf

A COMPANION TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY AND HISTORIOGRAPHY The philosophy of historiography examines our representations and knowledge of the past, the relation between evidence, inference, explanation and narrative. Do we possess knowledge of the past? Do we just have probable beliefs about the past, or is historiography a piece of convincing fiction? The philosophy of history is the direct philosophical examination of history, whether it is necessary or contingent, whether it has a direction or whether it is coincidental, and if it has a direction, what it is, and how and why it is unfolding? The fifty entries in this Companion cover the main issues in the philosophies of historiography and history, including natural history and the practices of historians. Written by an international and multi-disciplinary group of experts, these clearly written entries present a cutting-edge updated picture of current research in the philosophies of historiography and history. This Companion will be of interest to philosophers, historians, natural historians, and social scientists.

Author : Mary Domski,Michael Dickson
Publisher : Open Court Publishing
Page : 864 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780812696622

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Discourse on a New Method by Mary Domski,Michael Dickson Pdf

Addressing a wide range of topics, from Newton to Post-Kuhnian philosophy of science, these essays critically examine themes that have been central to the influential work of philosopher Michael Friedman. Special focus is given to Friedman's revealing study of both history of science and philosophy in his work on Kant, Newton, Einstein, and other major figures. This interaction of history and philosophy is the subject of the editors' "manifesto" and serves to both explain and promote the essential ties between two disciplines usually regarded as unrelated.

Author : Peter Munz
Publisher : Wesleyan
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105001952949

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The Shapes of Time by Peter Munz Pdf

Author : Ernst Mayr
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 582 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Science
ISBN : 0674896661

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Toward a New Philosophy of Biology by Ernst Mayr Pdf

A collection of twenty-eight essays, five previously unpublished, grouped into nine categories: Philosophy, Natural Selection, Adaptation, Darwin, Diversity, Species, Speciation, Macroevolution, and Historical Perspective. The book, Ernst Mayr notes in the Foreword, is an attempt "to strengthen the bridge between biology and philosophy, and point to the new direction in which a new philosophy of biology will move."

Author : Arleen Salles,Elizabeth Millán
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780791483350

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The Role of History in Latin American Philosophy by Arleen Salles,Elizabeth Millán Pdf

Argues that there are original positions to be found in the work of Latin American philosophers. This book brings the history of Latin American philosophy to an English-speaking audience through the prominent voices of Mauricio Beuchot, Horacio Cerutti-Guldberg, María Luisa Femenías, Jorge J. E. Gracia, Oscar R. Martí, León Olivé, Carlos Pereda, and Eduardo Rabossi. They argue that Spanish is not a philosophically irrelevant language and that there are original positions to be found in the work of Latin American philosophers. Part I of the book looks at why the history of philosophy has not developed in Latin America. A range of theoretical issues are explored, each focusing on specific problems that have hindered the development of a solid history. Part II details the complex task of writing a history of philosophy for a region still haunted by the specter of colonialism. Arleen Salles is Assistant Professor in the Department of Art, Music, and Philosophy at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, The City University of New York. Elizabeth Millán-Zaibert is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at DePaul University and the coeditor (with Jorge J. E. Gracia) of Latin American Philosophy for the 21st Century: The Human Condition, Values, and the Search for Identity.

Author : Daniel Greenberg
Publisher : The Sudbury Valley School
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1888947179

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Outline of a New Philosophy by Daniel Greenberg Pdf