New Contributions to the Philosophy of History

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Little, Daniel (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Σειρά: Methodos Series, Methodological Prospects in the Social Sciences ; 6
• Θέματα: Social sciences.; Ontology.; Philosophy and social sciences.; Social Sciences.; Methodology of the Social Sciences.; Philosophy of the Social Sciences.

Insights developed in the past two decades by philosophers of the social sciences can serve to enrich the challenging intellectual tasks of conceptualizing, investigating, and representing the human past. Likewise, intimate engagement with the writings of historians can deepen philosophers’ understa...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction: History’s Pathways
• History and Narrative
• Historical Concepts and Social Ontology
• Large Structures
• Causal Mechanisms
• History of Technology
• Economic History
• The Involution Debate
• Mentalités.