01416nam a22001697a 4500999001900000008004100019100003400060245007200094260004000166300003200206520074700238650009600985773003801081906001301119942000701132952010701139  c514766d514766201212b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aTsilipakos, Leonidas. 921721  aDescriptive accuracy in history: The case of narrative explanations  aPhilosophy of The Social Sciences    a50(4), Jul, 2020: p,283-312  aThis 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   aDescription, Concepts, Accuracy, History, Narrative sentences, Narrative explanation919616  aPhilosophy of The Social Sciences  aCONCEPTS  cAR  00102ddc40709388778aIIPAbIIPAd2020-12-12h50(4), Jul, 2020: p,283-312pAR123643r2020-12-12yAR