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Defeating the Ideal Chronicler: The Problem with the Thought Experiment
| Title: | Defeating the Ideal Chronicler: The Problem with the Thought Experiment |
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| Authors: | Veli Virmajoki |
| Source: | Journal of the Philosophy of History. :1-6 |
| Publisher Information: | Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2025. |
| Publication Year: | 2025 |
| Description: | In this Letter to the Editor, I argue that Danto’s Ideal Chronicler thought experiment in philosophy of history conflates the properties of events with the relations between events. This oversight leads to misunderstandings regarding the nature of historical knowledge and historical events. The experiment fails to establish any non-trivial conclusions about the retrospective nature of historical truths or the constitution of historical events. |
| Document Type: | Article |
| ISSN: | 1872-2636 1872-261X |
| DOI: | 10.1163/18722636-12341562 |
| Accession Number: | edsair.doi.dedup.....f6ebba25ddbdc48dde18b44682d87f68 |
| Database: | OpenAIRE |
| ISSN: | 18722636 1872261X |
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| DOI: | 10.1163/18722636-12341562 |