Franklin Rudolf Ankersmit

Representation

The Birth of Historical Reality from the Death of the Past

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Produktbeschreibung

Franklin Rudolf Ankersmitâ the preeminent figure in the philosophy of history todayâ offers a deeply original way of understanding the practice of historical writing and a powerful vindication of history as an empirical discipline.

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Produktdetails

• Columbia Themes in Philosophy
• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Juni 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 151mm x 229mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 474g
• ISBN-13: 9780231215916
• ISBN-10: 0231215916
• Artikelnr.: 70141384

Autorenporträt

Franklin Rudolf Ankersmit is professor emeritus of intellectual history and historical theory at the University of Groningen. The author of numerous books, he founded the Journal of the Philosophy of History.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction. A New Vindication of Historicism
1. Premises and Axioms
2. Leibniz and Historical Representation: The Basics
3. Metaphysics, Individuals, Models, and the PBF
4. Signs, Semantics, Meaning, and Relational Statements
5. Historical Knowledge, Facts, Arguments, Maxima and Minima
Conclusion: Nontrivial Circularity
Epilogue. Intensionalism Versus Extensionalism: The Historical Period
(Leibniz) and Its Enemies (Davidson)
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index