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SUMMARY:Reviving analytical philosophy of history - Paul A. Roth (Universi
 ty of California\, Santa Cruz)
DTSTART:20171115T130000Z
DTEND:20171115T143000Z
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DESCRIPTION:A call to revive philosophy of history will\, I expect\, quick
 ly prompt at \nleast the following two questions: first\, what exactly wou
 ld this \nrevival revive\; and\, second\, why bother? My primary concern w
 ill be to \noutline where certain key issues now stand with regard to the 
 first \nquestion\, i.e.\, with an aim to identifying those aspects within 
 \nphilosophy of history that both merit and demand renewed philosophical \
 nconsideration. Specifically\, I focus on those features that make \nhisto
 rical explanation distinctive and yet belonging on any satisfactory \ncata
 logue of explanatory strategies. I conclude with two examples meant \nto i
 llustrate how an answer to the first question answers as well the \nsecond
 . In this case\, it does so by suggesting how our professional \nlives exi
 st enmeshed in agendas set by historical narratives.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 2\, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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