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A Companion to the Philosophy of History and Historiography
Tucker
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Description for A Companion to the Philosophy of History and Historiography
Paperback. The philosophy of historiography examines our representations and knowledge of the past, the relation between evidence, inference, explanation, and narrative. The philosophy of history is the direct philosophical examination of history, whether it is necessary or contingent, whether it has a direction, or whether it is coincidental. Editor(s): Tucker, Aviezer. Series: Blackwell Companions to Philosophy. Num Pages: 576 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBAH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 172 x 31. Weight in Grams: 992.
A COMPANION TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY AND HISTORIOGRAPHY
A COMPANION TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY AND HISTORIOGRAPHY
The philosophy of historiography examines our representations and knowledge of the past, the relation between evidence, inference, explanation and narrative. Do we possess knowledge of the past? Do we just have probable beliefs about the past, or is historiography a piece of convincing fiction? The philosophy of history is the direct philosophical examination of history, whether it is necessary or contingent, whether it has a direction or whether it is coincidental, and if it has a direction, what it is, and how and why it is unfolding?
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This Companion will be of interest to philosophers, historians, natural historians, and social scientists.
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
Series
Blackwell Companions to Philosophy
Number of Pages
576
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781444337884
SKU
V9781444337884
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99-50
About Tucker
Aviezer Tucker is a Gvirtzman Memorial Foundation Fellow and teaches at the CEVRO Institute in Prague. He held research positions at the Australian National University, New York University, Columbia University and the Central European University in Prague. He is the author of Our Knowledge of the Past: A Philosophy of Historiography (2004) and a past president of the Society for ... Read more
Reviews for A Companion to the Philosophy of History and Historiography
"Like the encompassing nature of the other volumes in the Blackwell Companion to Philosophy series, undergraduate students and scholars with a serious interest in philosophical problems related to history and historiography should benefit from the newest Companion." (Reviews in Religion & Theology, 2012) "This volume does a fine job of showing the field's connections to many of the central ... Read more