Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2002 23:19:09 +0100
From: "karl.maton" <karl.maton-AT-pop.ntlworld.com>
Subject: Re: BHA: A Quick Question


iversteg wrote:

>Hi List,
>I have a quick question relating to historical explanation.
>Following Wittgenstein, Arthur Danto said in the 1960s that
>we explain history only insofar as we have considered it under
>some verbal description.  This seems to be some sort of conceptual
>relativism of the Quinean (again influenced by Wittgenstein)
>sort.
>What would Critical Realism say to this?
>Thanks,
>Ian
>
>Ian Verstegen
>Department of Art History
>Temple University
>8th Floor Ritter Hall Annex
>Philadelphia, PA 19122
>tel: (215) 204-7837
>fax: (215) 204-6951
>http://astro.temple.edu/~iversteg
>
>
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Can I just ask where Danto said this .... sounds interesting! I'm 
interested in the influence of Witt esp. during the 1960s.

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Karl

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