Preprint Abstract In “Avoiding Metaphysical Pratfalls and Positivist Pitfalls” (Synthese 2026), Paul A. Roth discusses Virmajoki’s critique of the role narrative sentences play in historical explanation. Roth charges Virmajoki with contradiction, category mistakes, and non sequiturs. But these charges rest on a misreading. Virmajoki’s argument is not about whether narrative sentences are true – he […]