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  • The Philosophical Structure of Historical Explanation

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    An electronic version of this book is freely available, thanks to the support of libraries working with Knowledge Unlatched. KU is a collaborative initiative designed to make high-quality books open access for the public good. More information about the initiative and links to the open-access version can be found at... and In The Philosophical Structure of Historical Explanation, Paul A. Roth resolves disputes persisting since the nineteenth century about the scientific status of history. He does this by showing why historical explanations must take the form of a narrative, making their logic explicit, and revealing how the rational evaluation of narrative explanation becomes possible. Roth...
    Keyword:
    historiography, science, history, narrative, metaphysics, epistemology, naturalism, and theory change
    Subject:
    Philosophy
    Creator:
    Roth, Paul A.
    Owner:
    Kirsten Markusic
    Publisher:
    Northwestern University Press
    Language:
    English
    Date Uploaded:
    01/20/2023
    Date Modified:
    01/20/2023
    Date Created:
    2020
    Resource Type:
    Book
    Alternate Identifier:
    Cloth ISBN 978-0-8101-4088-2, Paper ISBN 978-0-8101-4087-5, and eBook ISBN 978-0-8101-4089-9

  • Aristotle's Ontology of Change

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    Description:
    This book is freely available in an open access edition thanks to TOME (Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem)—a collaboration of the Association of American Universities, the Association of University Presses, and the Association of Research Libraries—and the generous support of the Pennsylvania State University. Learn more at the TOME website,... and This book investigates what change is, according to Aristotle, and how it affects his conception of being. Mark Sentesy argues that change leads Aristotle to develop first-order metaphysical concepts such as matter, potency, actuality, sources of being, and the teleology of emerging things. He shows that Aristotle’s distinctive ontological claim—that...
    Keyword:
    metaphysics, philosophy, Aristotle, physics, rereading ancient philosophy, and ancient philosophy
    Subject:
    Philosophy
    Creator:
    Sentesy, Mark
    Owner:
    Scholarly Digital Publishing
    Publisher:
    Northwestern University Press
    Language:
    English
    Date Uploaded:
    02/20/2020
    Date Modified:
    06/08/2022
    Date Created:
    2020
    Resource Type:
    Book
    Alternate Identifier:
    eBook ISBN 978-0-8101-4190-2, Paper ISBN 978-0-8101-4188-9, and Cloth ISBN 978-0-8101-4189-6