What is History?Knopf, 1962 - 209 Seiten A philosophical interpretation of history, examining the significance of historical study as a science and a reflection of social values. |
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... action of one or the other . And this reciprocal action also involves reciprocity between present and past , since the historian is part of the present and the facts belong to the past . The historian and the facts of history are ...
... action of one or the other . And this reciprocal action also involves reciprocity between present and past , since the historian is part of the present and the facts belong to the past . The historian and the facts of history are ...
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... action . " Science , d'où prévoyance ; prévoyance , d'où action , " as Comte put it.2 The clue to the ques- tion of prediction in history lies in this distinction be- tween the general and the specific , between the uni- versal and the ...
... action . " Science , d'où prévoyance ; prévoyance , d'où action , " as Comte put it.2 The clue to the ques- tion of prediction in history lies in this distinction be- tween the general and the specific , between the uni- versal and the ...
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... action . But you cannot make the specific pre- diction that Charles or Mary will catch measles . The historian proceeds in the same way . People do not expect the historian to predict that revolution will break out in Ruritania next ...
... action . But you cannot make the specific pre- diction that Charles or Mary will catch measles . The historian proceeds in the same way . People do not expect the historian to predict that revolution will break out in Ruritania next ...
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A. J. P. Taylor abstract action Acton belief Bertrand Russell British historians called Cambridge Modern History causes character civilization consciously criterion economic Empire ence English English-speaking enquiry environment essay F. H. Bradley facts of history French revolution Freud future Gibbon happened Hegel Henri Poincaré historical facts human behaviour hypothesis individual interpretation of history laws liberal liberty London Marx meaning mediaeval Meinecke ment moral judgments moulded Namier nature nineteenth century nomic objective objective laws observed Oxford past perhaps period philosophers philosophy of history political prediction present problem Professor Butterfield Professor Popper progress question quoted rational reason rian role Russian revolution scientist sense significant Sir Isaiah Berlin society Soviet Soviet Union speak Stresemann theory things thought tion torian torical tory truth tween understanding University Press valid values view of history Whig words write wrote