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configurational comprehension: a standalone construct

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Philosophy of history

the mode of understanding that grasps a sequence of events together as a single whole, which Mink argues is what both histories and fictions offer.

In philosophy of history, configurational comprehension refers to the mode of understanding that grasps a sequence of events together as a single whole, which Mink argues is what both histories and fictions offer. This meaning comes from Mink (1970) in New Literary History.[1]

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comprehension2 fields · 2 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs mode5 fields · 5 citationsjingle · one word, five constructs offer1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct

References

Mink, L. O. (1970). History and Fiction as Modes of Comprehension. New Literary History, 1(3), 541. https://doi.org/10.2307/468271

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