Narration and Knowledge

3rd Auflage
ISBN: 978-0-231-13822-2
Verlag: Columbia University Press

Buch, Englisch, 504 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 238 mm, Gewicht: 798 g

Now in its third edition, Narration and Knowledge is a classic work exploring the nature of historical knowledge and its reliance on narrative. Analytical philosopher Arthur C. Danto introduces the concept of "narrative sentences," in which an event is described with reference to later events (for example, "the Thirty Years' War began in 1618") and discusses why such sentences cannot be understood until the later event happens (no one could have said in 1618 that "the Thirty Years' War began today"). Danto compares narrative and scientific explanation and explores the legitimacy of historical laws. He also argues that history is an autonomous and humanist discipline incapable of being reduced to scientific descriptions.

Lydia Goehr's new introduction illustrates Danto's main arguments by questioning her very role, first, as an introducer of a book that has not yet been read by readers and, second, as an interpreter of a book written forty years ago. Frank Ankersmit's conclusion revisits the initial impact of the publication of Narration and Knowledge and considers its enduring legacy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Danto, Arthur C.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Goehr, Lydia

Ankersmit, Franklin Rudolf

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Geschichtsphilosophie, Philosophie der Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Erkenntnistheorie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: 20./21. Jahrhundert
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichtsphilosophie, Philosophie der Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Afterwords: An Introduction to Arthur Danto's Narration and Knowledge (including his Analytical Philosophy of History)Lydia GoehrIntroduction to the Morningside EditionPreface to Analytical Philosophy of HistoryI Substantive and Analytical Philosophy of HistoryII A Minimal Characterization of HistoryIII Three Objections against the Possibility of Historical KnowledgeIV Verification, Verifiability, and Tensed SentencesV Temporal Language and Temporal ScepticismsVI Evidence and Historical RelativismVII History and ChronicleVIII Narrative SentenceIX Future-and Past-ContingenciesX Historical Explanation: The Problem of General LawsXI Historical Explanation: The Rôle of NarrativesXII Methodological Individualism and Methodological SocialismXIII Historical Understanding: The Problem of Other PeriodsXIV Historical Language and Historical RealityXV Narration and KnowledgeDanto's Philosophy of History in RetrospectiveFrank AnkersmitNotesIndex

Über Autor(innen)

Arthur C. Danto is Johnsonian Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Columbia University. His books include The Philosophical Disenfranchisement of Art, Nietzsche as Philosopher (both published by Columbia University Press), and Art in the Historical Present, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award.