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The what and the why of history: philosophical essays
Leon J. Goldstein
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Frontmatter
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Introduction (page ix)
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Acknowledgements (page xiv)
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I. The Why (page 1)
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1. Evidence and Events in History (page 3)
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2. Disposition Concepts and History (page 28)
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3. Theory in History (page 33)
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4. Ideals of Order: History and Sociology (page 58)
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5. Historical Explanation and the Close of Inquiry (page 81)
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II. The What (page 93)
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6. A Note on the Status of Historical Reconstructions (page 95)
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7. The "Alleged" Futurity of Yesterday (page 102)
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8. Historical Realism: The Ground of Carl Becker's Scepticism (page 106)
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9. A Note on Historical Interpretation (page 119)
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10. Epistemic Attitudes and History (page 130)
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11. History and the Primacy of Knowing (page 143)
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12. Toward a Logic of Historical Constitution (page 171)
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13. Impediments to Epistemology in the Philosophy of History (page 207)
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14. Historical Being (page 231)
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15. The Past of Our Present (page 243)
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16. The Sociological Historiography of Charles Tilly (page 254)
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III. Collingwood (page 271)
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17. Collingwood's Theory of Historical Knowing (page 273)
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18. Collingwood on the Constitution of the Historical Past (page 312)
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19. The Idea of History as a Scale of Forms (page 337)
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Index (page 349)
Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
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CS | 14.1 (Jan. 1985): 89-90 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0094-3061%28198501%2914%3A1%3C89%3AVOHIWE%3E2.0.CO%3B2-F |
HT | 38.1 (Feb. 1999): 132-139 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/2505322 |
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Published: 1996
Publisher: Brill
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