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Our knowledge of the past : a philosophy of historiography /
How do historians, comparative linguists, biblical and textual critics and evolutionary biologists establish beliefs about the past? How do they know the past? This book presents a philosophical analysis of the disciplines that offer scientific knowledge of the past. Using the analytic tools of cont...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
Ã2004.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: The philosophy of historiography
- Consensus and historiographic knowledge
- The history of knowledge of history
- The theory of scientific historiography
- Historiographic opinion
- Historiographic explanation
- The limits of historiographic knowledge
- Conclusion: Historiography and history.