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Our knowledge of the past : = a philosophy of historiography /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Our knowledge of the past :/ Aviezer Tucker.
Reminder of title:	a philosophy of historiography /
Author:	Tucker, Aviezer,
Description:	1 online resource (vii, 291 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). :
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Subject:	Historiography. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511498381
ISBN:	9780511498381 (ebook)

Our knowledge of the past : = a philosophy of historiography /
Tucker, Aviezer,1965-

Our knowledge of the past :a philosophy of historiography /Aviezer Tucker. - 1 online resource (vii, 291 pages) :digital, PDF file(s).

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Introduction: The philosophy of historiography -- Consensus and historiographic knowledge -- The history of knowledge of history -- The theory of scientific historiography -- Historiographic opinion -- Historiographic explanation -- The limits of historiographic knowledge -- Conclusion: Historiography and history.

How do historians, comparative linguists, biblical and textual critics and evolutionary biologists establish beliefs about the past? How do they know the past? This book presents a philosophical analysis of the disciplines that offer scientific knowledge of the past. Using the analytic tools of contemporary epistemology and philosophy of science the book covers such topics as evidence, theory, methodology, explanation, determination and underdetermination, coincidence, contingency and counterfactuals in historiography. Aviezer Tucker's central claim is that historiography as a scientific discipline should be thought of as an effort to explain the evidence of past events. He also emphasizes the similarity between historiographic methodology to Darwinian evolutionary biology. This is an important, fresh approach to historiography and will be read by philosophers, historians and social scientists interested in the methodological foundations of their disciplines.

ISBN: 9780511498381 (ebook)Subjects--Topical Terms:

567663
Historiography.

LC Class. No.: D13 / .T85 2004

Dewey Class. No.: 907/.2

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