Towards a Realist Philosophy of History

Towards a Realist Philosophy of History argues for the radical-at least in contemporary historical theory-view that historians are by and large successful in their goal of providing accurate knowledge and understanding about the historical past.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter One: General Arguments Against Historiographical Realism
Chapter Two: A Two-Stage Model of Historiographical Practice
Chapter Three: The Club of Historical Facts
Chapter Four: Reference
Chapter Five: Colligatory Concepts
Chapter Six: Progress in Historiography
Chapter Seven: Holism
Chapter Eight: Narrative & Realism

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Aliaksei Kazharski is researcher and lecturer at Charles University in Prague and Comenius University in Bratislava.

Zusammenfassung

Towards a Realist Philosophy of History argues for the radical—at least in contemporary historical theory—view that historians are by and large successful in their goal of providing accurate knowledge and understanding about the historical past.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Adam Timmins
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 31.07.2022
• EAN: 9781666902419
• ISBN: 978-1-66690-241-9
• Seiten: 192
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Philosophie; Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Philosophie: Allgemeines, Nachschlagewerke; History of Ideas, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, Philosophy, HISTORY / Historiography, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Realism, History of philosophy, philosophical traditions