On the metaphysical role of historicity

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ID4899547
AuthorsAugusto Bruno De Carvalho Dias Leite (0000-0001-6821-9074, Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume42
Publication date2023-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueHistória (São Paulo (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0101-9074 • E-ISSN: 1980-4369
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/1980-4369e2023039
OpenAlexW4389564854
SCIELO_PIDS0101-90742023000100202
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited16

I argue that the philosophy of historicity forms the metaphysical core of the historical way of thinking and, therefore, is relevant as a philosophy of history and historiography. From this perspective, the scope of the theorization of history should extend to the substantive metaphysical ground in which the modern idea of history was built to disclose the main temporal character of the historical phenomena to which historicity refers. Hence, since my goal here is the clarification of the meaningfulness of historicity, I examine the philosophical tradition that investigates the transient nature of reality-a key feature of the historicity of existence represented by G. W. F. Hegel, F. W. J. Schelling, and, above all, Martin Heidegger-since this tradition includes especially valuable ontological arguments for illuminating hidden presuppositions in the still-relevant understanding of history

Character (mathematics) · Epistemology · Hegelianism · Historicity (philosophy) · Historiography · Metaphysics · Object (grammar) · Presupposition · History · Law · Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy · Philosophy · Philosophy and Historical Thought · Political Theology and Sovereignty

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