What is History?A philosophical interpretation of history, examining the significance of historical study as a science and a reflection of social values. |
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As he works , both the interpretation and the selection and ordering of facts undergo subtle and perhaps partly unconscious changes through the recip- rocal action of one or the other . And this reciprocal action also involves ...
As he works , both the interpretation and the selection and ordering of facts undergo subtle and perhaps partly unconscious changes through the recip- rocal action of one or the other . And this reciprocal action also involves ...
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The historian , as we have seen , is bound to generalize ; and , in so doing , he provides general guides for future action which , though not specific predictions , are both valid and useful . But he cannot predict specific events ...
The historian , as we have seen , is bound to generalize ; and , in so doing , he provides general guides for future action which , though not specific predictions , are both valid and useful . But he cannot predict specific events ...
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... a school develop measles , you will con- clude that the epidemic will spread ; and this predic- tion , if you care to call it such , is based on a generaliza- tion from past experience , and is a valid and useful guide to action .
... a school develop measles , you will con- clude that the epidemic will spread ; and this predic- tion , if you care to call it such , is based on a generaliza- tion from past experience , and is a valid and useful guide to action .
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| Titel | What is History? George Macaulay Trevelyan lectures The George Macaulay lectures, 1961 Trevelyan lectures |
| Autor/in | Edward Hallett Carr |
| Ausgabe | Neuauflage |
| Verlag | Knopf, 1962 |
| Original von | die University of Virginia |
| Digitalisiert | 23. Jan. 2009 |
| Länge | 209 Seiten |
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