A Companion to the Philosophy of History and Historiography

Copyright © 2009 Blackwell Publishing Ltd

A Companion to the Philosophy of History and Historiography

Editor(s): Aviezer Tucker

Published Online: 6 MAR 2009

Print ISBN: 9781405149082

Online ISBN: 9781444304916

DOI: 10.1002/9781444304916

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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
  • A cutting-edge updated picture of current research in the field
  • Part of the renowned Blackwell Companions series

Table of contents

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      Front Matter (pages i–xii)

    1. Chapter 1

      Introduction (pages 1–6)

      Aviezer Tucker

  3. Part I: Major Fields

    1. Chapter 2

      Philosophy of Historiography (pages 7–25)

      Peter Kosso

    2. Chapter 3

      Philosophy of History (pages 26–43)

      Zdeněk Vašíček

    3. Chapter 4

      Philosophical Issues in Natural History and Its Historiography (pages 44–62)

      Carol E. Cleland

    4. Chapter 5

      Historians and Philosophy of Historiography (pages 63–84)

      John Zammito

  4. Part II: Basic Problems

    1. Chapter 6

      Historiographic Evidence and Confirmation (pages 85–97)

      Mark Day and Gregory Radick

    2. Chapter 7

      Causation in Historiography (pages 98–108)

      Aviezer Tucker

    3. Chapter 8

      Historiographic Counterfactuals (pages 109–119)

      Elazar Weinryb

    4. Chapter 9

      Historical Necessity and Contingency (pages 120–130)

      Yemima Ben-Menahem

    5. Chapter 10

      Explanation in Historiography (pages 131–141)

      Graham MacDonald and Cynthia MacDonald

    6. Chapter 11

      Historiographic Understanding (pages 142–151)

      Giuseppina D'Oro

    7. Chapter 12

      Colligation (pages 152–161)

      C. Behan McCullagh

    8. Chapter 13

      The Laws of History (pages 162–171)

      Stephan Berry

    9. Chapter 14

      Historiographic Objectivity (pages 172–180)

      Paul Newall

    10. Chapter 15

      Realism about the Past (pages 181–189)

      Murray Murphey

    11. Chapter 16

      Anti-Realism about the Past (pages 190–198)

      Fabrice Pataut

    12. Chapter 17

      Narrative and Interpretation (pages 199–208)

      F. R. Ankersmit

    13. Chapter 18

      The Ontology of the Objects of Historiography (pages 209–219)

      Lars Udehn

    14. Chapter 19

      Origins: Common Causes in Historiographic Reasoning (pages 220–230)

      Aviezer Tucker

    15. Chapter 20

      Phylogenetic Inference (pages 231–242)

      Matt Haber

    16. Chapter 21

      Historicism (pages 243–252)

      Robert D'Amico

    17. Chapter 22

      Ethics and the Writing of Historiography (pages 253–261)

      Jonathan Gorman

    18. Chapter 23

      Logical Fallacies of Historians (pages 262–273)

      Paul Newall

    19. Chapter 24

      Historical Fallacies of Historians (pages 274–284)

      Carlos Spoerhase and Colin G. King

  5. Part III: Philosophy and Sub-Fields of Historiography

    1. Chapter 25

      Philosophy of History of Science (pages 285–296)

      Nicholas Jardine

    2. Chapter 26

      Philosophies of Historiography and the Social Sciences (pages 297–306)

      Harold Kincaid

    3. Chapter 27

      The Philosophy of Evolutionary Theory (pages 307–317)

      Michael Ruse

    4. Chapter 28

      The Philosophy of Geology (pages 318–329)

      Rob Inkpen

    5. Chapter 29

      Philosophy of Archaeology (pages 330–341)

      Ben Jeffares

    6. Chapter 30

      Reductionism: Historiography and Psychology (pages 342–352)

      Cynthia MacDonald and Graham MacDonald

    7. Chapter 31

      Historiography and Myth (pages 353–361)

      Mary Lefkowitz

    8. Chapter 32

      Historiography and Memory (pages 362–370)

      Marie-Claire Lavabre

    9. Chapter 33

      Historiographic Schools (pages 371–380)

      Christopher Lloyd

  6. Part IV: Classical Schools and Philosophers of Historiography and History

    1. Chapter 34

      Leopold Ranke (pages 381–392)

      Thomas Gil

    2. Chapter 35

      Scientific Historiography (pages 393–403)

      Chris Lorenz

    3. Chapter 36

      Darwin (pages 404–415)

      John S. Wilkins

    4. Chapter 37

      Logical Empiricism and Logical Positivism (pages 416–426)

      Krzysztof Brzechczyn

    5. Chapter 38

      Jewish and Christian Philosophy of History (pages 427–436)

      Samuel Moyn

    6. Chapter 39

      Muslim Philosophy of History (pages 437–445)

      Zaid Ahmad

    7. Chapter 40

      Vico (pages 446–456)

      Joseph Mali

    8. Chapter 41

      Kant and Herder (pages 457–467)

      Sharon Anderson-Gold

    9. Chapter 42

      Hegel (pages 468–476)

      Tom Rockmore

    10. Chapter 43

      Neo-Kantianism (pages 477–487)

      Charles Bambach

    11. Chapter 44

      Marx (pages 488–497)

      Tom Rockmore

    12. Chapter 45

      Collingwood and Croce (pages 498–507)

      Stein Helgeby

    13. Chapter 46

      Phenomenology (pages 508–517)

      David Weberman

    14. Chapter 47

      Jan Patočka (pages 518–528)

      Ivan Chvatík

    15. Chapter 48

      Hermeneutics (pages 529–539)

      Rudolf A. Makkreel

    16. Chapter 49

      Postmodernism (pages 540–549)

      Beverley Southgate

    17. Chapter 50

      Philosophy of History at the End of the Cold War (pages 550–560)

      Krishan Kumar

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      Index (pages 561–563)

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