{"title":"On Munz’s Distinction between Explanation and Interpretation","authors":"Giovanni Mion","doi":"10.1163/18722636-12341517","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, I will explore Peter Munz’s philosophy of history and in particular, I will focus on Munz’s distinction between explanation and interpretation in history and the other social sciences. Among other things, I will attempt to show that its methodological implications have not been fully appreciated. Moreover, I will argue that Munz’s distinction offers a possible solution to some of the most outstanding problems in the social sciences, including the distinction between the natural and the social sciences (including history), and the role of causes vs. reasons in understanding agency.","PeriodicalId":43541,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Philosophy of History","volume":"37 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4000,"publicationDate":"2024-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of the Philosophy of History","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1163/18722636-12341517","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"HISTORY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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In this paper, I will explore Peter Munz’s philosophy of history and in particular, I will focus on Munz’s distinction between explanation and interpretation in history and the other social sciences. Among other things, I will attempt to show that its methodological implications have not been fully appreciated. Moreover, I will argue that Munz’s distinction offers a possible solution to some of the most outstanding problems in the social sciences, including the distinction between the natural and the social sciences (including history), and the role of causes vs. reasons in understanding agency.
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Philosophy of history is a rapidly expanding area. There is growing interest today in: what constitutes knowledge of the past, the ontology of past events, the relationship of language to the past, and the nature of representations of the past. These interests are distinct from – although connected with – contemporary epistemology, philosophy of science, metaphysics, philosophy of language, and aesthetics. Hence we need a distinct venue in which philosophers can explore these issues. Journal of the Philosophy of History provides such a venue. Ever since neo-Kantianism, philosophy of history has been central to all of philosophy, whether or not particular philosophers recognized its potential significance.
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