Limit search to available items
Book Cover
E-book
Author McCullagh, C. Behan

Title The truth of history / C. Behan McCullagh
Published London ; New York : Routledge, 1998

Copies

Description 1 online resource (viii, 327 pages)
Contents Machine generated contents note: 1. truth and fairness of historical descriptions -- 2. truth of historical generalizations and classifications -- 3. Descriptive explanations -- 4. Historical interpretations -- 5. meaning of texts -- 6. truth of cultural history -- 7. Causal, contrastive and functional explanations -- 8. Explaining individual actions -- 9. Explaining collective actions -- 10. Explaining social changes -- 11. Should we privilege the individual?
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 310-322) and indexes
Notes English
Print version record
Subject History -- Philosophy.
History -- Methodology.
HISTORY -- General.
History -- Methodology
History -- Philosophy
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0203268849
9780203268841
0203448758
9780203448755
9780415171106
0415171105
9780415171113
0415171113
0203756991
9780203756997
9786610057238
6610057230
1134696256
9781134696253
1134696264
9781134696260
1280057238
9781280057236