Philosophy of History
Title | Philosophy of History PDF eBook |
Author | M.C. Lemon |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 920 |
Release | 2003-08-29 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1134717466 |
Philosophy of History is an essential introduction to a vast body of writing about history, from classical Greece and Rome to the modern world. M.C. Lemon maps out key debates and central concepts of philosophy of history, placing principal thinkers in the context of their times and schools of thought. Lemon explains the crucial differences between speculative philosophy as an enquiry into the content of history, and analytic philosophy of history as relating to the methods of history. The first two parts of the book trace each of these traditions, whereas the third part revisits both in the light of recent contributions to the discipline. This guide provides a comprehensive survey of historical thought since ancient times. Its clear terminology and lucid argument will make it an invaluable source for students and teachers alike.
The Philosophy of History
Title | The Philosophy of History PDF eBook |
Author | Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel |
Publisher | |
Pages | 586 |
Release | 1902 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
On the Philosophy of History
Title | On the Philosophy of History PDF eBook |
Author | Jacques Maritain |
Publisher | New York : Scribner |
Pages | 200 |
Release | 1957 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
Nietzsche's Philosophy of History
Title | Nietzsche's Philosophy of History PDF eBook |
Author | Anthony K. Jensen |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 251 |
Release | 2013-07-04 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1107027322 |
An exposition of the development of Nietzsche's philosophy of history in its historical context and of its relevance to contemporary theories.
New Contributions to the Philosophy of History
Title | New Contributions to the Philosophy of History PDF eBook |
Author | Daniel Little |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Pages | 244 |
Release | 2010-08-05 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9048194105 |
Insights developed in the past two decades by philosophers of the social sciences can serve to enrich the challenging intellectual tasks of conceptualizing, investigating, and representing the human past. Likewise, intimate engagement with the writings of historians can deepen philosophers’ understanding of the task of knowing the past. This volume brings these perspectives together and considers fundamental questions, such as: What is historical causation? What is a large historical structure? How can we best conceptualize “mentalities” and “identities”? What is involved in understanding the subjectivity of historical actors? What is involved in arriving at an economic history of a large region? How are actions and outcomes related? The arguments touch upon a wide range of historical topics -- the Chinese and French Revolutions, the extension of railroads in the nineteenth century, and the development of agriculture in medieval China.
Our Knowledge of the Past
Title | Our Knowledge of the Past PDF eBook |
Author | Aviezer Tucker |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 303 |
Release | 2004-04-26 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 1139452258 |
How do historians, comparative linguists, biblical and textual critics and evolutionary biologists establish beliefs about the past? How do they know the past? This book presents a philosophical analysis of the disciplines that offer scientific knowledge of the past. Using the analytic tools of contemporary epistemology and philosophy of science the book covers such topics as evidence, theory, methodology, explanation, determination and underdetermination, coincidence, contingency and counterfactuals in historiography. Aviezer Tucker's central claim is that historiography as a scientific discipline should be thought of as an effort to explain the evidence of past events. He also emphasizes the similarity between historiographic methodology to Darwinian evolutionary biology. This is an important, fresh approach to historiography and will be read by philosophers, historians and social scientists interested in the methodological foundations of their disciplines.
A Companion to the Philosophy of History and Historiography
Title | A Companion to the Philosophy of History and Historiography PDF eBook |
Author | Aviezer Tucker |
Publisher | John Wiley & Sons |
Pages | 581 |
Release | 2011-06-28 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 1444351524 |
A COMPANION TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY AND HISTORIOGRAPHY The philosophy of historiography examines our representations and knowledge of the past, the relation between evidence, inference, explanation and narrative. Do we possess knowledge of the past? Do we just have probable beliefs about the past, or is historiography a piece of convincing fiction? The philosophy of history is the direct philosophical examination of history, whether it is necessary or contingent, whether it has a direction or whether it is coincidental, and if it has a direction, what it is, and how and why it is unfolding? The fifty entries in this Companion cover the main issues in the philosophies of historiography and history, including natural history and the practices of historians. Written by an international and multi-disciplinary group of experts, these clearly written entries present a cutting-edge updated picture of current research in the philosophies of historiography and history. This Companion will be of interest to philosophers, historians, natural historians, and social scientists.