The anatomy of historical knowledge

Author(s)

• Mandelbaum, Maurice

Bibliographic Information

The anatomy of historical knowledge

Maurice Mandelbaum

Johns Hopkins University Press, c1977

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Originally published in 1977. In this major work, an overview of the structure of historical writing, Maurice Mandelbaum clarifies some of the problems concerning the nature of history as a discipline, of what constitutes explanation in history, and whether historical knowledge is as reliable as other forms of knowledge. The work is divided into three parts. The first part provides an analytic account of different types of historical inquiry. The second treats at length the nature of causal explanation in everyday life and in science and considers the relation between causes and laws. The final part analyzes the concept of objectivity and estimates both the extent to which the inquiries of historians can be said to be objective and the limits of that objectivity in some types of historical accounts.

Table of Contents

Preface Part I: History and its Modes Chapter 1. Unity and Diversity in Historical Studies Chapter 2. Varities of Structure in Historical Accounts Part II: Causation Chapter 3. Casual Beliefs in Everyday Life Chapter 4. Causes, Necessity, and Laws Chapter 5. On What and Why in History Part III: Objectivity Chapter 6. Objectivity and Its Limits Chapter 7. Objectivity, Causation, and Laws Appendix A: Home Appendix B: Hart and Honore Notes Index

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA0981066X
• ISBN:
  • 0801819296
• LCCN: 76046945
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Baltimore
• Pages/Volumes: viii, 230 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : D16.9
  • DC : 901
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : History -- Philosophy
  • LCSH : Causation