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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Sometimes the causes and the laws were thought of in mechanical , sometimes in biological , terms ... But it was accepted doctrine that history consisted in marshalling the events of the past in an orderly sequence of cause and effect .
Sometimes the causes and the laws were thought of in mechanical , sometimes in biological , terms ... But it was accepted doctrine that history consisted in marshalling the events of the past in an orderly sequence of cause and effect .
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in the cause or causes had also been different . ” Determinism is a problem not of history , but of all human behaviour . The human being whose actions have no cause and are therefore undetermined is as much an abstraction as the ...
in the cause or causes had also been different . ” Determinism is a problem not of history , but of all human behaviour . The human being whose actions have no cause and are therefore undetermined is as much an abstraction as the ...
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... this will seem to him a perfectly sensible and rational explanation ; if he chooses to discriminate , he may even say that this , and not Robinson's desire for cigarettes , was the “ real ” cause of Robinson's death .
... this will seem to him a perfectly sensible and rational explanation ; if he chooses to discriminate , he may even say that this , and not Robinson's desire for cigarettes , was the “ real ” cause of Robinson's death .
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THE HISTORIAN AND HIS FACTS | 3 |
SOCIETY AND THE INDIVIDUAL | 36 |
HISTORY SCIENCE AND MORALITY | 70 |
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Bibliografische Informationen
| 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 | University of Michigan |
| Digitalisiert | 5. Juni 2008 |
| Länge | 209 Seiten |
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