History as a Science The Philosophy of R.G. Collingwood /

• Main Author: Dussen, Jan van der (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Subjects: Philosophy.; History.; Archaeology.; Philosophy of Man.; History of Science.

Since its appearance in 1981 History as a Science has been welcomed as a coherent and comprehensive review and analysis of the many aspects of Collingwood’s philosophy of history, the development of his views, and their reception. The book was the first to pay extensive attention to Collingwood’s un...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• 1. Introduction
• 2. The development of collingwood's thought on history
• 3. The idea of history and its discussion
• 4. Collingwood's unpublished manuscripts
• 5. Collingwood as an archaeologist and historian
• 6. The historical object
• 7. Historical method
• 8. Some Controversial issues
• 9. History and other sciences
• 10. History and practice.