Towards a Revival of Analytical Philosophy of History : Around Paul A. Roth's Vision of Historical Sciences.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (303 pages)
- Poznań Studies in the Philosophy of the Sciences and the Humanities Series ; v.110 .
- Poznań Studies in the Philosophy of the Sciences and the Humanities Series .
Intro -- Towards a Revival of Analytical Philosophy of History: Around Paul A. Roth's Vision of Historical Sciences -- Copyright -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction -- 1 Reviving Philosophy of History -- 2 Why Did Analytical Philosophy of History Disappear? Three Narratives of Decline -- 3 The Mysterious Case of Analytic Philosophy of History: Paradigm Turn in Historiography Revisited -- 4 Philosophy of History and Analytical Philosophy in Germany: A Special Relationship? -- 5 The Future of Philosophy of Historiography: Reviving or Reinventing? -- 6 A Pragmatist Critique of Dogmatic Philosophy of History -- 7 Non-representationalism in Philosophy of History: A Case Study -- 8 What Do Narratives Explain? Roth, Mink and Weber -- 9 How Do Narratives Explain? A Comment from the Point of View of Poznań School of Methodology -- 10 Antinomies, Multiple Realities and the Pasts -- 11 Is a Dramatic Theory of History Possible? Shakespeare's Richard II and 'Historical Truth' -- 12 Making up 'Vulnerable' People: Human Subjects and the Subjective Experience of Medical Experiment -- 13 "Spring and Autumn Annals" as Narrative Explanation -- 14 Comments and Replies -- Name Index -- Subject Index.
The purpose of Towards a Revival of Analytical Philosophy of History: Around Paul A. Roth's Vision of Historical Sciences is to discuss the revival of analytical philosophy of history proposed by Paul A. Roth. The authors characterize the status of philosophy of history and discuss its ontological, epistemological and explanatory dimensions.