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The logic of history: putting postmodernism in perspective / C. Behan McCullagh

By: Publication details: London; Routledge, 2004Description: 212 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780415223997 (pbk.)
  • 9780203626955 (ebk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 901/MAC
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Contents:
The possibility of historical knowledge -- Theories of truth -- Some common reasons for scepticism -- The meanings of texts, actions and events -- The meanings of texts -- Problems about knowing the meanings of texts -- The meaning of actions, events and practices in history -- Justifying descriptions of the past -- Justifying descriptions of single events -- Lawlike regularities -- Descriptions of social structures -- Causes of human actions -- Mental causes of human actions -- Cultural and social causes of human actions -- Conclusion -- Types of historical narrative -- Commonsense narratives -- Colligatory patterns -- Summary interpretations -- Judging historical narratives -- The credibility of historical narratives -- Fairness -- Causes and conditions in history -- The nature of causes and conditions in history -- Checking out particular causes and conditions -- Checking necessary and sufficient conditions by judging generalizations -- Historical explanations -- Genetic and contrastive explanations of individual actions -- Profound explanations -- Structural explanations.
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E-Book Main Library Online Electronic Resource 901/MAC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Online 117135-2001
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The possibility of historical knowledge -- Theories of truth -- Some common reasons for scepticism -- The meanings of texts, actions and events -- The meanings of texts -- Problems about knowing the meanings of texts -- The meaning of actions, events and practices in history -- Justifying descriptions of the past -- Justifying descriptions of single events -- Lawlike regularities -- Descriptions of social structures -- Causes of human actions -- Mental causes of human actions -- Cultural and social causes of human actions -- Conclusion -- Types of historical narrative -- Commonsense narratives -- Colligatory patterns -- Summary interpretations -- Judging historical narratives -- The credibility of historical narratives -- Fairness -- Causes and conditions in history -- The nature of causes and conditions in history -- Checking out particular causes and conditions -- Checking necessary and sufficient conditions by judging generalizations -- Historical explanations -- Genetic and contrastive explanations of individual actions -- Profound explanations -- Structural explanations.