The Philosophical Structure of Historical Explanation

Author:   Paul A. Roth
Publisher:   Northwestern University Press
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Pages:   216
Publication Date:   30 October 2019
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Author:   Paul A. Roth
Publisher:   Northwestern University Press
Imprint:   Northwestern University Press
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9780810140882


ISBN 10:   0810140888
Pages:   216
Publication Date:   30 October 2019
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Reviving Analytic Philosophy of History 2. Problems for Narratives Explanations: The Case of History 3. The Pasts 4. Essentially Narrative Explanations 5. The Silence of the Norms 6. Kuhn's Narrative Construction of Normal Science 7. Methodological Naturalism and Its Consequences Conclusion Notes Works Cited Index

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In this clear, forceful, and inspiring book, Paul A. Roth sets for himself an audacious task: the revival of philosophy of history and a recalibration of how to understand and account for historical explanation. Roth succeeds and with surgical precision offers a new account of narrative historical explanation that holds its own distinct epistemological and metaphysical factors and yet also aligns with other forms of scientific knowledge. It is an erudite and original work that is essential reading for all scholars invested in understanding our relation to the past and the ways that the histories we write come to impact our present and future. -Ethan Kleinberg, author of Haunting History: For a Deconstructive Approach to the Past


In this clear, forceful, and inspiring book, Paul A. Roth sets for himself an audacious task: the revival of philosophy of history and a recalibration of how to understand and account for historical explanation. Roth succeeds and with surgical precision offers a new account of narrative historical explanation that holds its own distinct epistemological and metaphysical factors and yet also aligns with other forms of scientific knowledge. It is an erudite and original work that is essential reading for all scholars invested in understanding our relation to the past and the ways that the histories we write come to impact our present and future. --Ethan Kleinberg, author of Haunting History: For a Deconstructive Approach to the Past


“In this clear, forceful, and inspiring book, Paul A. Roth sets for himself an audacious task: the revival of philosophy of history and a recalibration of how to understand and account for historical explanation. Roth succeeds and with surgical precision offers a new account of narrative historical explanation that holds its own distinct epistemological and metaphysical factors and yet also aligns with other forms of scientific knowledge. It is an erudite and original work that is essential reading for all scholars invested in understanding our relation to the past and the ways that the histories we write come to impact our present and future.” —Ethan Kleinberg, author of Haunting History: For a Deconstructive Approach to the Past  


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PAUL A. ROTH is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

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