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Narration and Knowledge
Arthur C. Danto
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Description for Narration and Knowledge
Paperback. Explores the nature of historical knowledge and its reliance on narrative. This book introduces the concept of "narrative sentences," in which an event is described with reference to later events and discusses why such sentences cannot be understood until the later event happens. It compares narrative and scientific explanation. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 686.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Weight
686g
Number of Pages
504
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231138239
SKU
V9780231138239
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About Arthur C. Danto
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.
Reviews for Narration and Knowledge
One of the few comprehensive attempts to approach basic problems in the philosophy of history from the viewpoint of analytical philosophy. American Historical Review A substantial work which covers a wide range of philosophical problems about history, and indeed extends to a consideration of some logical features of our whole language of time. Philosophers will admire it for its lucidity ... Read more