A companion to the philosophy of history and historiography

Author(s)

• Tucker, Aviezer

Bibliographic Information

A companion to the philosophy of history and historiography

edited by Aviezer Tucker

（Blackwell companions to philosophy, 41）

Wiley-Blackwell, 2009

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

A COMPANION TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY AND HISTORIOGRAPHY The philosophy of historiography examines our representations and knowledge of the past, the relation between evidence, inference, explanation and narrative. Do we possess knowledge of the past? Do we just have probable beliefs about the past, or is historiography a piece of convincing fiction? The philosophy of history is the direct philosophical examination of history, whether it is necessary or contingent, whether it has a direction or whether it is coincidental, and if it has a direction, what it is, and how and why it is unfolding? The fifty entries in this Companion cover the main issues in the philosophies of historiography and history, including natural history and the practices of historians. Written by an international and multi-disciplinary group of experts, these clearly written entries present a cutting-edge updated picture of current research in the philosophies of historiography and history. This Companion will be of interest to philosophers, historians, natural historians, and social scientists.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors ix Acknowledgments xi Glossary of Terms xii 1 Introduction 1 Aviezer Tucker Part I Major Fields 7 2 Philosophy of Historiography 9 Peter Kosso 3 Philosophy of History 26 ZdenFk VaSiCek 4 Philosophical Issues in Natural History and Its Historiography 44 Carol E. Cleland 5 Historians and Philosophy of Historiography 63 John Zammito Part II Basic Problems 85 6 Historiographic Evidence and Confirmation 87 Mark Day and Gregory Radick 7 Causation in Historiography 98 Aviezer Tucker 8 Historiographic Counterfactuals 109 Elazar Weinryb 9 Historical Necessity and Contingency 120 Yemima Ben-Menahem 10 Explanation in Historiography 131 Graham Macdonald and Cynthia Macdonald 11 Historiographic Understanding 142 Giuseppina D'Oro 12 Colligation 152 C. Behan McCullagh 13 The Laws of History 162 Stephan Berry 14 Historiographic Objectivity 172 Paul Newall 15 Realism about the Past 181 Murray Murphey 16 Anti-realism about the Past 190 Fabrice Pataut 17 Narrative and Interpretation 199 F. R. Ankersmit 18 The Ontology of the Objects of Historiography 209 Lars Udehn 19 Origins: Common Causes in Historiographic Reasoning 220 Aviezer Tucker 20 Phylogenetic Inference 231 Matt Haber 21 Historicism 243 Robert D'Amico 22 Ethics and the Writing of Historiography 253 Jonathan Gorman 23 Logical Fallacies of Historians 262 Paul Newall 24 Historical Fallacies of Historians 274 Carlos Spoerhase and Colin G. King Part III Philosophy and Sub-fields of Historiography 285 25 Philosophy of History of Science 287 Nicholas Jardine 26 Philosophies of Historiography and the Social Sciences 297 Harold Kincaid 27 The Philosophy of Evolutionary Theory 307 Michael Ruse 28 The Philosophy of Geology 318 Rob Inkpen 29 Philosophy of Archaeology 330 Ben Jeffares 30 Reductionism: Historiography and Psychology 342 Cynthia Macdonald and Graham Macdonald 31 Historiography and Myth 353 Mary Lefkowitz 32 Historiography and Memory 362 Marie-Claire Lavabre 33 Historiographic Schools 371 Christopher Lloyd Part IV Classical Schools and Philosophers of Historiography and History 381 34 Leopold Ranke 383 Thomas Gil 35 Scientific Historiography 393 Chris Lorenz 36 Darwin 404 John S. Wilkins 37 Logical Empiricism and Logical Positivism 416 Krzysztof Brzechczyn 38 Jewish and Christian Philosophy of History 427 Samuel Moyn 39 Muslim Philosophy of History 437 Zaid Ahmad 40 Vico 446 Joseph Mali 41 Kant and Herder 457 Sharon Anderson-Gold 42 Hegel 468 Tom Rockmore 43 Neo-Kantianism 477 Charles Bambach 44 Marx 488 Tom Rockmore 45 Collingwood and Croce 498 Stein Helgeby 46 Phenomenology 508 David Weberman 47 Jan Patocka 518 Ivan Chvatik 48 Hermeneutics 529 Rudolf A. Makkreel 49 Postmodernism 540 Beverley Southgate 50 Philosophy of History at the End of the Cold War 550 Krishan Kumar Index 561

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Details

• NCID: BA88056535
• ISBN:
  • 9781405149082
• LCCN: 2008007601
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Malden, Mass.
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 563 p.
• Size: 26 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : D13
  • DC22 : 907.2
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Historiography -- Philosophy
  • LCSH : History -- Philosophy
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA12148465