A perennial question in the philosophy of history is whether history is a science or an art. This thesis contests that this question constitutes a false dichotomy, limiting the discussion in such a way as to exclude other possibilities of understanding the nature of the historical task. The speculative philosophies of Augustine, Kant, and Marx; the critical philosophies of Ranke, Comte along with the later positivist, and the historical idealist such as Collingwood will be surveyed. History is then examined along side art to discuss not only the similarities but, the differences. Major similarities—narrative presentation, emplotation, and the selective nature of historical evidence—between history and fiction are critiqued. A word study of the Greek word ίστοριά will show the essential difference between history and literature. The essential nature of the historical task can best be revealed in the differences between history and art.

Submitted by Luciana Ferreira (lucgeral@gmail.com) on 2018-03-29T11:13:07Z No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação - Murilo Gonçalves dos Santos - 2018.pdf: 1330525 bytes, checksum: 8db093afbfdb2c921a3bd7c11efc306d (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Luciana Ferreira (lucgeral@gmail.com) on 2018-03-29T11:39:29Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação - Murilo Gonçalves dos Santos - 2018.pdf: 1330525 bytes, checksum: 8db093afbfdb2c921a3bd7c11efc306d (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-03-29T11:39:29Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação - Murilo Gonçalves dos Santos - 2018.pdf: 1330525 bytes, checksum: 8db093afbfdb2c921a3bd7c11efc306d (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-02-26 / Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico - CNPq / Abstract: The work is subsumed on the objective of examining the theory of history developed by Raymond Aron (1905 - 1983), accounted primarily in relation to its connection with german thought. The process of constitution of his theoretical-epistemological, as well as political thought was deeply marked by the strenuous presence of german philosophical conceptions, whose fruitful dialogue took place, especially, during the decade of 1930, which resulted in the conception of his doctoral thesis, namely, Introduction à la philosophie de l'histoire: Essai sur les limits de l'objectivité Historique. The defense of this thesis is the representation of a process marked by the struggle not only of generations, but also of different systems of thought. The question of this work is, in this sense, precisely the critical analysis of the "appropriation" presented by the work of Aron, from the confrontation of the works he carried out in the 1930s with the tradition of which he is considered to belong and, finally, to prescribe its specificity. This discussion is embedded in a larger context which deals with the reception of german philosophical and sociological thought in France. Aron was from his formation linked to german philosophy, initially to Kant and, later, to phenomenology, marxism, to the philosophy of W. Dilthey, as well as to the Neo-Kantianism of the Baden School, and especially to Max Weber. This period is decisive for the constitution of his theory of history or, in Aron's terms, of his "critical philosophy of history", based on the "critique of historical reason". A theory distinguished mainly by the search of the limits of historical objectivity and by an ontological-existential perspective. / O trabalho encontra-se subsumido no objetivo do exame da teoria da história desenvolvida por Raymond Aron (1905 - 1983) considerada, primordialmente, em relação ao seu vínculo com o pensamento alemão. O processo de constituição do seu pensamento teórico-epistemológico, bem como político, foi profundamente marcado pela forte presença de concepções filosóficas alemãs, cujo fecundo diálogo foi realizado, especialmente, durante a década de 1930, o qual resultou na concepção de sua tese de doutoramento, a saber, Introduction à la philosophie de l'histoire: Essai sur les limites de l'objectivité Historique. A defesa dessa tese é a representação de um processo marcado pelo embate não só de gerações, mas de sistemas de pensamento distintos. A questão de trabalho é, nesse sentido, justamente a análise crítica dessa “apropriação” apresentada pela obra de Aron, a partir da confrontação de seus trabalhos realizados na década de 1930 com a tradição da qual se julga pertencente e, finalmente, da determinação de sua especificidade. Esta discussão está inserida em um contexto maior que trata da recepção do pensamento filosófico e sociológico alemão na França. Aron esteve desde a sua formação ligado à filosofia alemã, inicialmente a Kant e, posteriormente, com a fenomenologia, o marxismo, com a filosofia de W. Dilthey, bem como com o neokantismo da Escola de Baden e, principalmente, com Max Weber. Este período é determinante para a constituição de sua teoria da história ou, nos termos de Aron, de sua “filosofia crítica da história”, baseada na “crítica da razão histórica”. Uma teoria marcada principalmente pela busca dos limites da objetividade histórica e por uma perspectiva ontológico-existencial.