Therefore, it is from the perspective of philosophy of history that I encourage a dialogue with the contributions made by a pragmatist approach to language and knowledge, specifically those born from the reflections on social and historical studies, as is the case with George Mead´s Social Behaviorism, and the Strong Programme in the Sociology of Knowledge lead by Barry Barnes, David Bloor and, more recently, Martin Kusch, who have not found a conflict between their sociolinguistic approximation to epistemology and their positive appraisal of history as science. This, in turn, is said to be due to its adoption of linguistic idealism and determinism, which would lead to skepticism regarding historical knowledge. During the last forty years NFH has received criticism on diverse fronts on account of its alleged attack on history. This work is written from the perspective of a New Philosophy of History (NFH) and as such it is interested in promoting what has come to be known as linguistic self-awareness for those of us who are interested in the consequences of our linguistic adoptions be it from the perspective of history, of memorys studies or of philosophy of history. Pragmatist Contributions to a New Philosophy of History.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |