Narratives, Events & Monotremes: The Philosophy of History in Practice

IF 0.4 3区 历史学 Q1 HISTORY
Adrian Currie
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Significant work in the philosophy of history has focused on the writing of historiographical narratives, isolated from the rest of what historians do. Taking my cue from the philosophy of science in practice, I suggest that understanding historical narratives as embedded within historical practice more generally is fruitful. I illustrate this by bringing a particular instance of historical practice, Natalie Lawrence’s explanation of the sad fate of Winston the platypus, into dialogue with some of Louis Mink’s arguments in favour of anti-realism about historical events. Attending to how historians seek out and utilize archival resources puts serious pressure on these arguments, motivates realist positions, and re-focuses the philosophy of history towards making sense of historiography as a part of the diversity of historians’ interests.
叙事、事件与单线:实践中的历史哲学
历史哲学的重要工作集中在历史编纂叙事的写作上,与历史学家的其他工作相分离。从实践中的科学哲学中得到启示,我建议更广泛地理解嵌入历史实践中的历史叙事是富有成效的。为了说明这一点,我引用了一个历史实践的特殊例子,即娜塔莉·劳伦斯对鸭嘴兽温斯顿悲惨命运的解释,与路易斯·明克关于历史事件的一些反对现实主义的论点进行了对话。关注历史学家如何寻找和利用档案资源给这些论点带来了严重的压力,激发了现实主义的立场,并将历史哲学重新聚焦于将史学理解为历史学家兴趣多样性的一部分。
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期刊介绍: Philosophy of history is a rapidly expanding area. There is growing interest today in: what constitutes knowledge of the past, the ontology of past events, the relationship of language to the past, and the nature of representations of the past. These interests are distinct from – although connected with – contemporary epistemology, philosophy of science, metaphysics, philosophy of language, and aesthetics. Hence we need a distinct venue in which philosophers can explore these issues. Journal of the Philosophy of History provides such a venue. Ever since neo-Kantianism, philosophy of history has been central to all of philosophy, whether or not particular philosophers recognized its potential significance.
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