The what and the why of history : philosophical essays / by Leon J. Goldstein.

"The What and the Why of History deals with history as a cognitive discipline concerned to establish justifiable knowledge about a past we can never experience. It is divided into three parts. The first focuses on the conditions that are presupposed when historians offer explanations of what th...

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Main Author: Goldstein, Leon J. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden : E.J. Brill, 1996.
Series:Philosophy of history and culture ; v. 15.
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