Representation as a Cognitive Instrument
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4496041 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Frank Ankersmit (Dialyse Centrum Groningen, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 171-193 |
| Publication date | 2013-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | History and Theory (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-2656 • E-ISSN: 1468-2303 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/hith.10663 |
| OpenAlex | W2038938260 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
This essay discusses the role of the notions of reference, truth, and meaning in historical representation. Four major claims will be argued. First, conditional for all meaningful discussion of historical representation is that one radically discards from one's mind the paradigm of the true statement and all the epistemological and ontological problems occasioned by it. Second, representation is not a two-place, but a three-place operator: in representation a represented reality (1) is represented by a representation (2) focusing on certain aspects of represented reality (3). Third, applying the notions of reference, truth, and meaning to historical representations compels us to give them a content basically different from the ones they have in contemporary philosophy of language and science. Fourth, it will be shown that in (historical) representation, meaning precedes truth-and not the other way around as in most of contemporary philosophy of language
Alethiology · Analogy · Coherence theory of truth · Epistemology · Linguistics · Logical truth · Meaning (existential) · Politics · Pragmatic theory of truth · Representation (politics) · Sociology · Statement (logic) · Historical Philosophy and Science · Law · Philosophy · Philosophy, Science, and History
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,38 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2024 (12) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |