Poverty of Anti-realism (eBook)

Critical Perspectives on Postmodernist Philosophy of History

Tor Egil Forland, Branko Mitrovic' (Herausgeber)

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2023
250 Seiten
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-6669-3363-5 (ISBN)

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Due to the influence of postmodernism, historical anti-realism has come to exercise a massive influence in contemporary philosophy of history. Edited by Tor Egil Frland and Branko Mitrovic, The Povery of Anti-realism: Critical Perspectives on Postmodernist Philosophy of History presents perspectives that oppose anti-realist understanding of historians work. The first part of the book gives an overview of contemporary anti-realist philosophy of history and shows that its claims are either so wide-ranging that they apply to all scientific knowledge, or pertain only to a select part of historians' work. In the second part, the authors criticize major anti-realist tenets. These include: the assertion that the colligatory concepts historians use are without reference in the past; the idea that historical facts are theory-dependent and therefore unable to upend prevailing theories; Paul Roth's application of Nelson Goodman's ';irrealist' theory of worldmaking to suggest a plurality of pasts; and the belief that multiple describability prevents historians from providing true and testable accounts of the past. The third and final part shows that the political implications of anti-realism are often other than left-leaning anti-realists think. Their reactions when confronted with the consequences of their theories indicate the inconsistency and untenability of postmodernist philosophy of history.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.9.2023
• Co-Autor: Adam Timmins, Ian Verstegan, Veli Virmajoki, David Weberman
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Geschichte der Philosophie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften
• ISBN-10: 1-6669-3363-5 / 1666933635
• ISBN-13: 978-1-6669-3363-5 / 9781666933635