01297nam a22001577a 4500 514766 514766 201212b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Tsilipakos, Leonidas. 21721 Descriptive accuracy in history: The case of narrative explanations Philosophy of The Social Sciences 50(4), Jul, 2020: p,283-312 This article discusses the issue of the conceptual accuracy of descriptions of social life, which, although fundamental for the social sciences, has in fact been neglected. I approach this task via an examination of Paul Roth’s recent work, which recapitulates reflection in analytic philosophy of history and sets out a view of the past as indeterminate until retrospectively constructed in historical narratives. I argue that Roth’s position embraces an overly restricted notion of historical significance and underestimates how anachronistic descriptions vitiate central historiographical tasks. I contend that the importance of conceptually accurate descriptions for history and the social sciences cannot be overstated. - Reproduced Description, Concepts, Accuracy, History, Narrative sentences, Narrative explanation 19616 Philosophy of The Social Sciences CONCEPTS AR 0 0 ddc 0 0 388778 IIPA IIPA 2020-12-12 50(4), Jul, 2020: p,283-312 AR123643 2020-12-12 AR