Methodology of History

Methodology of History by Y. Topolski.

No discipline has been more praised or more criticized than the writing of history. Cioero claimed that history teaches men how to live. Aris­ totle denied it the very name of science and regwded poetry as the higher wisdom. At various times history has been assigned a command­ ing or a demeaning st...

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Main Author: Topolski, Y. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 1976.
Edition:1st ed. 1976.
Series:Synthese Library, Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science ; 88
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Philosophy and science.
History.
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Table of Contents:
  • One Methodology and History
  • I. The Subject Matter of the Methodology of Sciences
  • II. The Subject Matter of the Methodology of History
  • III. The Scope of the Subject Matter (Domain) of Historical Research
  • Two Patterns of Historical Research
  • Grounds for Classification
  • IV. Pragmatic Reflection
  • V. Critical Reflection
  • VI. Erudite and Genetic Reflection
  • VII. Structural Reflection
  • VIII. Logical Reflection
  • IX. Dialectical Reflection
  • Three the Objective Methodology of History
  • X. Historical Facts
  • XI. The Process of History (Causality and Determinism)
  • XII. The Process of History (Historical Regularities)
  • Four the Pragmatic Methodology of History. Theory of Source-Based and Non-Source-Based Knowledge
  • XIII. The Nature of Historical Cognition
  • XIV. Questions and Answers. a General Reconstruction of Historical Research
  • XV. Theory of Source-Based Knowledge
  • XVI. Theory of Non-Source-Based Knowledge
  • XVII. The Functions of Source-Based and Non-Source-Based Knowledge
  • Five the Pragmatic Methodology of History: the Methods of Reconstruction of the Process of History
  • XVIII. The Authenticity of Sources and the Reliability of Informants
  • XIX. Methods of Establishing Historical Facts
  • XX. Quantitative Methods in Historical Research
  • XXI. The Procedure of Explanation in Historical Research
  • XXII. Construction and Synthesis
  • Six the Apragmatic Methodology of History
  • XXIII. The Nature and Instruments of Historical Narration
  • XXIV. Components of Narratives: Historical Statements and Laws
  • XXV. Elements of Historical Narratives: Evaluations
  • XXVI. The Methodological Structure of Historical Research
  • Index of Names.

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