Language: en
Pages: 174
Pages: 174
Books about Laws and Explanation in History
Language: en
Pages: 229
Pages: 229
Books about Knowledge and Explanation in History
Language: en
Pages: 174
Pages: 174
Books about Laws and Explanation in History
Language: en
Pages: 194
Pages: 194
Bringing sophisticated philosophy to bear on real-life historiography, Values, Objectivity, and Explanation in Historiography rekindles and invigorates the debate on two perennials in the theory and methodology of history. One is the tension between historians' values and the ideal—or illusion—of objective historiography. The other is historical explanation. The point of
Language: en
Pages: 464
Pages: 464
Editor James Fetzer presents an analytical and historical introduction and a comprehensive bibliography together with selections of many of Carl G. Hempel's most important studies to give students and scholars an ideal opportunity to appreciate the enduring contributions of one of the most influential philosophers of science of the 20th