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    Understanding History : An Introduction to Analytical Philosophy of History (1992)
    Les Presses de l’Université d’Ottawa | University of Ottawa Press | Ottawa :University of Ottawa Press,
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    edocfu_9958107584102883
    Format: 1 online resource (137 pages) : , digital, PDF files(s).
    ISBN: 0-7766-2701-5 , 0-7766-1737-0
    Series Statement: Philosophica ; no. 42
    Content: Has any question about the historical past ever been finally answered? Of course there is much disagreement among professional historians about what happened in the past and how to explain it. But this incisive study goes one step further and brings into question the very ability of historians to gather and communicate genuine knowledge about the past.Understanding History applies this general question from the philosophy of history to economic history of American slaveholders. Do we understand the American slaveholders? Has the last word on the subject been said? Both the alleged “profitability” of slavery and the purported causes of the American Civil War are philosophically analyzed. Traditional narrative history and econometric history are examined and compared, and their different philosophical assumptions made explicit. The problem of justifying historical methodologies is first set in the wider context of the philosophical problem of knowledge, then lucidly explained and resolved along pragmatic lines. The novelty of Gorman’s approach lies in its comparison of narrative with econometric history, its analysis of empathetic understanding in terms of cost-benefit analysis, and its elucidation of the metaphysical presuppositions of empiricism. It stands out especially for the clarity, rigor, and simplicity of its arguments.
    Note: History: Practice and Theory --Knowledge --Reality --Traditional History --Rational Economic Man --Economic Reality. , Also available in print form. , English
    Additional Edition: ISBN 0776603558
    Language: English
    Keywords: Electronic books.
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    Online Resource
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    Understanding History : An Introduction to Analytical Philosophy of History (1992)
    Les Presses de l’Université d’Ottawa | University of Ottawa Press | Ottawa :University of Ottawa Press,
    Details
    UID:
    edoccha_9958107584102883
    Format: 1 online resource (137 pages) : , digital, PDF files(s).
    ISBN: 0-7766-2701-5 , 0-7766-1737-0
    Series Statement: Philosophica ; no. 42
    Content: Has any question about the historical past ever been finally answered? Of course there is much disagreement among professional historians about what happened in the past and how to explain it. But this incisive study goes one step further and brings into question the very ability of historians to gather and communicate genuine knowledge about the past.Understanding History applies this general question from the philosophy of history to economic history of American slaveholders. Do we understand the American slaveholders? Has the last word on the subject been said? Both the alleged “profitability” of slavery and the purported causes of the American Civil War are philosophically analyzed. Traditional narrative history and econometric history are examined and compared, and their different philosophical assumptions made explicit. The problem of justifying historical methodologies is first set in the wider context of the philosophical problem of knowledge, then lucidly explained and resolved along pragmatic lines. The novelty of Gorman’s approach lies in its comparison of narrative with econometric history, its analysis of empathetic understanding in terms of cost-benefit analysis, and its elucidation of the metaphysical presuppositions of empiricism. It stands out especially for the clarity, rigor, and simplicity of its arguments.
    Note: History: Practice and Theory --Knowledge --Reality --Traditional History --Rational Economic Man --Economic Reality. , Also available in print form. , English
    Additional Edition: ISBN 0776603558
    Language: English
    Keywords: Electronic books.
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    Understanding History : An Introduction to Analytical Philosophy of History (1992)
    Les Presses de l’Université d’Ottawa | University of Ottawa Press | Ottawa :University of Ottawa Press,
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    UID:
    almahu_9947382561502882
    Format: 1 online resource (137 pages) : , digital, PDF files(s).
    ISBN: 0-7766-2701-5 , 0-7766-1737-0
    Series Statement: Philosophica ; no. 42
    Content: Has any question about the historical past ever been finally answered? Of course there is much disagreement among professional historians about what happened in the past and how to explain it. But this incisive study goes one step further and brings into question the very ability of historians to gather and communicate genuine knowledge about the past.Understanding History applies this general question from the philosophy of history to economic history of American slaveholders. Do we understand the American slaveholders? Has the last word on the subject been said? Both the alleged “profitability” of slavery and the purported causes of the American Civil War are philosophically analyzed. Traditional narrative history and econometric history are examined and compared, and their different philosophical assumptions made explicit. The problem of justifying historical methodologies is first set in the wider context of the philosophical problem of knowledge, then lucidly explained and resolved along pragmatic lines. The novelty of Gorman’s approach lies in its comparison of narrative with econometric history, its analysis of empathetic understanding in terms of cost-benefit analysis, and its elucidation of the metaphysical presuppositions of empiricism. It stands out especially for the clarity, rigor, and simplicity of its arguments.
    Note: History: Practice and Theory --Knowledge --Reality --Traditional History --Rational Economic Man --Economic Reality. , Also available in print form. , English
    Additional Edition: ISBN 0776603558
    Language: English
    Keywords: Electronic books.
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    HU Berlin
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    Understanding history : an introduction to analytical philosophy of history (1992)
    Ottawa [Ont.] : University of Ottawa Press
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    gbv_1066611262
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 121 pages)
    Edition: [S.l.] HathiTrust Digital Library 2010 Electronic reproduction
    ISBN: 9780776603551 , 0776617370 , 0776603558 , 0776617370 , 9780776603551 , 9780776617374
    Series Statement: Philosophica no. 42
    Content: Has any question about the historical past ever been finally answered? Of course there is much disagreement among professional historians about what happened in the past and how to explain it. But this incisive study goes one step further and brings into question the very ability of historians to gather and communicate genuine knowledge about the past. Understanding History applies this general question from the philosophy of history to economic history of American slaveholders. Do we understand the American slaveholders? Has the last word on the subject been said? Both the alleged "profitabili
    Content: Has any question about the historical past ever been finally answered? Of course there is much disagreement among professional historians about what happened in the past and how to explain it. But this incisive study goes one step further and brings into question the very ability of historians to gather and communicate genuine knowledge about the past. Understanding History applies this general question from the philosophy of history to economic history of American slaveholders. Do we understand the American slaveholders? Has the last word on the subject been said? Both the alleged "profitabili
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-121) , Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL star , Electronic reproduction , Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
    Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe
    Additional Edition: Print version Gorman, J.L. (Jonathan L.), 1946- Understanding history Ottawa : University of Ottawa Press, 1992
    Language: English
    Keywords: Electronic books
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