The Exemplifying Past
A Philosophy of History
Published on 12. July 2018
168 pages
978-90-485-3789-1 (ISBN)
Description
This book addresses a wide range of philosophical problems about history and the semantics of time.
Reviews / Votes
"Chiel van der Akker's 2018 The Exemplifying Past: A Philosophy of History is an ambitious attempt to break new ground in developing a philosophy of history that builds on the ideas of narrative and retroaction central to the earlier work of Arthur Danto, Louis Mink and Frank Ankersmit. It is a book that should be of great interest to all concerned with the philosophical underpinnings and status of historical knowledge and understanding. One of its advantages is having packed a dense and detailed argument into a volume of only 150 pages - a commendable achievement."- David Weberman, Rethinking History: The Journal of Theory and Practice (2021)
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Edition
Digital original
Language
English
Place of publication
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Edition type
Digital original
Illustrations
1 farbige Abbildung
1 color plate; 1 Illustrations, color; 1 Illustrations, black and white
File size
0,98 MB
ISBN-13
978-90-485-3789-1 (9789048537891)
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07/2018
Amsterdam University Press
€156.20
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Person
Akker Chiel :
Dr. Chiel van den Akker is lecturer Historical Theory at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He is the author of Elementaire Deeltjes - Geschiedenis (Athenaeum 2019) and The Exemplifying Past. A Philosophy of History (Amsterdam University Press 2018).
Dr. Chiel van den Akker is lecturer Historical Theory at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He is the author of Elementaire Deeltjes - Geschiedenis (Athenaeum 2019) and The Exemplifying Past. A Philosophy of History (Amsterdam University Press 2018).
Content
Preface 1. Introduction: Retroaction, Indeterminacy, and Seeing-in 2. Periods and Other Minds 3. Mink's Riddle of Narrative Truth 4. Resemblance, Substitution, Expression 5. Exemplification 6. Danto's End of Art Bibliography Index
