The Past Within Us : an Empirical Approach to Philosophy of History.
Martin, Raymond.
The Past Within Us : an Empirical Approach to Philosophy of History. - Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014. - 1 online resource (178 pages) - Princeton Legacy Library . - Princeton legacy library. .
Cover; Contents.
Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Two Approaches to Philosophy of History; 2. Positivism and Its Critics: The Common Assumptions; 3. Explanatory Competition; 4. Causal Weighting; 5. Conceptual and Empirical Subjectivism; 6. Modest Empirical Subjectivism; Appendix: Historical Counterexamples; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Why do we interpret the past as we do, rather than in some other way or not at all? What is the significance of the fact that we interpret the past? What are historical interpretations? Raymond Martin's approach to these questions transcends both the positivist and humanistic perspectives that have polarized Anglo-American philosophy of history. Martin goes to the source of this polarization by diagnosing a deep-seated flaw in the dominant analytic approach during the period from 1935 to 1975, namely, the emphasis on conceptual analysis rather than the examination of actual historical contr.
9781400860494 (electronic bk.) 1400860490 (electronic bk.) 9781322026664 1322026661
22573/ctt7370g4 JSTOR
History--Philosophy.
PHILOSOPHY--General.
HISTORY--General.
History--Philosophy.
History & Archaeology.
History - General.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
D16.8
901
The Past Within Us : an Empirical Approach to Philosophy of History. - Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014. - 1 online resource (178 pages) - Princeton Legacy Library . - Princeton legacy library. .
Cover; Contents.
Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Two Approaches to Philosophy of History; 2. Positivism and Its Critics: The Common Assumptions; 3. Explanatory Competition; 4. Causal Weighting; 5. Conceptual and Empirical Subjectivism; 6. Modest Empirical Subjectivism; Appendix: Historical Counterexamples; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Why do we interpret the past as we do, rather than in some other way or not at all? What is the significance of the fact that we interpret the past? What are historical interpretations? Raymond Martin's approach to these questions transcends both the positivist and humanistic perspectives that have polarized Anglo-American philosophy of history. Martin goes to the source of this polarization by diagnosing a deep-seated flaw in the dominant analytic approach during the period from 1935 to 1975, namely, the emphasis on conceptual analysis rather than the examination of actual historical contr.
9781400860494 (electronic bk.) 1400860490 (electronic bk.) 9781322026664 1322026661
22573/ctt7370g4 JSTOR
History--Philosophy.
PHILOSOPHY--General.
HISTORY--General.
History--Philosophy.
History & Archaeology.
History - General.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
D16.8
901