The logic of history : putting postmodernism in perspective /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McCullagh, C. Behan
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.
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Online Access:Table of contents

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505 0 |a 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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