An aesthetic truth for the theory of history

Authors

  • Eugenia Gay Escuela de Historia, Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Centro de Historia Intelectual Universidad Nacional de Quilmes (Argentina)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35305/aeh.vi32.287

Abstract

In this essay we try to provide a definition of the theory of history that contemplates its function as organizer and producer of the historiographical tradition. Through this procedure we propose that, given the end of unanimous certainty about the convenience of the scientific paradigm for historical knowledge, it is necessary to rediscuss the meaning of the concept of truth that underlies it. Such a redefinition is imperative due to the identity forming character that the commitment to truth entails for historiography, but cannot be understood from within the epistemological paradigm. With the purpose of giving a new inauguration to this debate, we propose the aesthetic approach of philosophical hermeneutics as an alternative to the notion of scientific truth of epistemology.

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Published

2020-10-28

How to Cite

Gay, E. . (2020). An aesthetic truth for the theory of history. Anuario De La Escuela De Historia, (32). https://doi.org/10.35305/aeh.vi32.287