Arthur Danto's philosophies of history and art

This essay is written as an introductory essay to celebrate the third edition of Arthur Danto's Analytical Philosophy of History, first printed in 1965. It raises questions about what it means to write an introduction and whether it is possible to write an introduction-given Danto's own ph...

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Published in:History and theory :Studies in the philosophy of history 2007-02, Vol.46 (1), p.1-28
Main Author: Goehr, Lydia
Format: Article
Language:English
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Artists
Biographies
Danto, Arthur
History
History of art
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Summary:This essay is written as an introductory essay to celebrate the third edition of Arthur Danto's Analytical Philosophy of History, first printed in 1965. It raises questions about what it means to write an introduction and whether it is possible to write an introduction-given Danto's own philosophical theses on history. The essay pays special attention to the connections between Danto's philosophy of history, philosophy of art, and the other areas of his philosophy that he regards to be all of a piece. It considers the nature of analytical philosophy and its heyday in America in the postwar period, when, to some degree, it was used as an antidote to an ideology of history that had perverted some of the most influential claims in a philosophy of history developed in Germany (mostly by Hegel) around 1800. Reprinted by permission of Wesleyan University
ISSN:0018-2656