Narrativism has made important contributions to the theory and philosophy of historiography but it is now time to move beyond it to postnarrativism. Kuukkanen shows how it is possible to reject the absolutist truth-functional evaluation of interpretations in historiography and yet accept that historiography can be evaluated by rational standards.
Preface 1. Introduction: The Narrativist Insight 2. From Analytic Philosophy of History to Narrativism 3. Three Tenets of Narrativist Philosophy of Historiography 4. Representationalism and Non-representationalism 5. Reasoning in Historiography 6. Colligation 7. Underdetermination and Epistemic Values 8. From Truth to Warranted Assertion 9. The Tri-partite Theory of Justification in Historiography 10. Historiography between Objectivism and Subjectivism 11. Coda: Postnarrativist Philosophy of Historiography Bibliography
The book with its unique importance. I would not hesitate to say the discussion and the reception of this book may well be decisive for the philosophy of historys foreseeable future. & the book may even invite a redirection in philosophy of history a feat rarely achieved since Whites Metahistory. (Frank Ankersmit, Journal of the Philosophy of History, Vol. 11 (3), 2017)
Jouni-Matti Kuukkanens Postnarrativist Philosophy of Historiography is a major work in the philosophy of history, one that seeks to conceive historiographies not as concerned to represent (re-present) the past but rather to propose ways of regarding it & Kuukkanens book tries to get philosophers of history out of the cave, first by showing them that they are in fact in a cave, and then by showing them the sun outside. (Brian Fay, Journal of the Philosophy of History, Vol. 11, 2017)
In his recent book, Jouni-Matti Kuukkanen presents an original postnarrativist philosophy of history & . His postnarrativism is an ambl£)
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