This book is of incalculable value in order to appreciate the true scope of the profound contribution that Danto bequeathed not only to the philosophy of history but to philosophical reflection in general. It reveals a turning point in the analytic philosophy of history that had been governed by the debate over the application of the theory of the legal cover of scientific explanation to the historical discipline. Through a meticulous analysis of historical language, Danto manages to show in a forceful way, not only the irreducibility of historical knowledge to the naturalistic scientific model, but also the constitutive precedence that history exercises over all aspects of our lives, including science.