The logic of history : putting postmodernism in perspective / C. Behan McCullagh.

Defends the practice of history as more reliable than has recently been acknowledged, arguing that historians make their accounts as fair as they can and avoid misleading their readers.

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McCullagh, C. Behan
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.
Subjects:
Online Access:Click for online access

MARC

LEADER 00000cam a22000004a 4500
001 ocm56544387
003 OCoLC
005 20250120213020.0
006 m o d
007 cr cnu|||unuuu
008 040920s2004 enk ob 001 0 eng d
040 |a N$T  |b eng  |e pn  |c N$T  |d OCLCQ  |d YDXCP  |d OCLCQ  |d OCLCO  |d OCLCQ  |d OCLCF  |d TYFRS  |d OCLCQ  |d TEFOD  |d EBLCP  |d MERUC  |d DEBSZ  |d OCLCQ  |d OTZ  |d LOA  |d AGLDB  |d COO  |d OCLCQ  |d ZCU  |d K6U  |d U3W  |d D6H  |d STF  |d WRM  |d OCLCQ  |d VTS  |d ICG  |d INT  |d OCLCQ  |d FVL  |d G3B  |d DKC  |d OCLCQ  |d UKAHL  |d OCLCQ  |d INARC  |d OH#  |d DGN  |d OCLCO  |d OCLCQ  |d SFB  |d OCLCQ  |d OCLCO  |d OCLCL 
019 |a 149413202  |a 228505363  |a 437085112  |a 475894981  |a 651123094  |a 961670436  |a 962728848 
020 |a 0203626958  |q (electronic bk.) 
020 |a 9780203626955  |q (electronic bk.) 
020 |a 0203630815  |q (electronic bk. ;  |q Adobe Reader) 
020 |a 9780203630815  |q (electronic bk. ;  |q Adobe Reader) 
020 |z 0415223989  |q (hard.) 
020 |z 9780415223980  |q (hard.) 
020 |z 0415223997  |q (pbk.) 
035 |a (OCoLC)56544387  |z (OCoLC)149413202  |z (OCoLC)228505363  |z (OCoLC)437085112  |z (OCoLC)475894981  |z (OCoLC)651123094  |z (OCoLC)961670436  |z (OCoLC)962728848 
037 |b OverDrive, Inc.  |n http://www.overdrive.com 
050 4 |a D16.8  |b .M3858 2004eb 
072 7 |a HIS  |x 000000  |2 bisacsh 
049 |a HCDD 
100 1 |a McCullagh, C. Behan. 
245 1 4 |a The logic of history :  |b putting postmodernism in perspective /  |c C. Behan McCullagh. 
264 1 |a London ;  |a New York :  |b Routledge,  |c 2004. 
300 |a 1 online resource (viii, 212 pages) 
336 |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a computer  |b c  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a online resource  |b cr  |2 rdacarrier 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-205) and indexes. 
505 0 |a The possibility of historical knowledge -- Theories of truth -- Some common reasons for scepticism -- The meanings of texts, actions and events -- The meanings of texts -- Problems about knowing the meanings of texts -- The meaning of actions, events and practices in history -- Justifying descriptions of the past -- Justifying descriptions of single events -- Lawlike regularities -- Descriptions of social structures -- Causes of human actions -- Mental causes of human actions -- Cultural and social causes of human actions -- Conclusion -- Types of historical narrative -- Commonsense narratives -- Colligatory patterns -- Summary interpretations -- Judging historical narratives -- The credibility of historical narratives -- Fairness -- Causes and conditions in history -- The nature of causes and conditions in history -- Checking out particular causes and conditions -- Checking necessary and sufficient conditions by judging generalizations -- Historical explanations -- Genetic and contrastive explanations of individual actions -- Profound explanations -- Structural explanations. 
588 0 |a Print version record. 
520 |a Defends the practice of history as more reliable than has recently been acknowledged, arguing that historians make their accounts as fair as they can and avoid misleading their readers. 
650 0 |a History  |x Philosophy. 
650 0 |a Postmodernism. 
650 0 |a Historiography. 
650 7 |a historiography.  |2 aat 
650 7 |a HISTORY  |x General.  |2 bisacsh 
650 7 |a Historiography  |2 fast 
650 7 |a History  |x Philosophy  |2 fast 
650 7 |a Postmodernism  |2 fast 
650 1 7 |a Geschiedfilosofie.  |2 gtt 
758 |i has work:  |a The logic of history (Text)  |1 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCGtycJvRD4WY3QcYQTFP6X  |4 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork 
776 0 8 |i Print version:  |a McCullagh, C. Behan.  |t Logic of history.  |d London ; New York : Routledge, 2004  |z 0415223989  |z 0415223997  |w (DLC) 2003008975  |w (OCoLC)52109354 
856 4 0 |u https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/holycrosscollege-ebooks/detail.action?docID=182185  |y Click for online access 
903 |a EBC-AC 
994 |a 92  |b HCD