A Companion to the Philosophy of History and Historiography

Aviezer Tucker (CEVRO Institute, Prague)

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Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)
24 October 2008

History; History: theory & methods; Historiography

Series: Blackwell Companions to Philosophy

A COMPANION TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY AND HISTORIOGRAPHY The philosophy of historiography examines our representations and knowledge of the past, the relation between evidence, inference, explanation and narrative. Do we possess knowledge of the past? Do we just have probable beliefs about the past, or is historiography a piece of convincing fiction? The philosophy of history is the direct philosophical examination of history, whether it is necessary or contingent, whether it has a direction or whether it is coincidental, and if it has a direction, what it is, and how and why it is unfolding?

The fifty entries in this Companion cover the main issues in the philosophies of historiography and history, including natural history and the practices of historians. Written by an international and multi-disciplinary group of experts, these clearly written entries present a cutting-edge updated picture of current research in the philosophies of historiography and history.

This Companion will be of interest to philosophers, historians, natural historians, and social scientists.

Edited by: Aviezer Tucker (CEVRO Institute Prague)
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 183mm, Spine: 49mm
Weight: 1.216kg
ISBN: 9781405149082
ISBN 10: 1405149086
Series: Blackwell Companions to Philosophy
Pages: 576
Publication Date: 24 October 2008
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

List of Contributors ix Acknowledgments xi Glossary of Terms xii 1 Introduction 1 Aviezer Tucker Part I Major Fields 7 2 Philosophy of Historiography 9 Peter Kosso 3 Philosophy of History 26 ZdenFk VaSíCek 4 Philosophical Issues in Natural History and Its Historiography 44 Carol E. Cleland 5 Historians and Philosophy of Historiography 63 John Zammito Part II Basic Problems 85 6 Historiographic Evidence and Confirmation 87 Mark Day and Gregory Radick 7 Causation in Historiography 98 Aviezer Tucker 8 Historiographic Counterfactuals 109 Elazar Weinryb 9 Historical Necessity and Contingency 120 Yemima Ben-Menahem 10 Explanation in Historiography 131 Graham Macdonald and Cynthia Macdonald 11 Historiographic Understanding 142 Giuseppina D’Oro 12 Colligation 152 C. Behan McCullagh 13 The Laws of History 162 Stephan Berry 14 Historiographic Objectivity 172 Paul Newall 15 Realism about the Past 181 Murray Murphey 16 Anti-realism about the Past 190 Fabrice Pataut 17 Narrative and Interpretation 199 F. R. Ankersmit 18 The Ontology of the Objects of Historiography 209 Lars Udehn 19 Origins: Common Causes in Historiographic Reasoning 220 Aviezer Tucker 20 Phylogenetic Inference 231 Matt Haber 21 Historicism 243 Robert D’Amico 22 Ethics and the Writing of Historiography 253 Jonathan Gorman 23 Logical Fallacies of Historians 262 Paul Newall 24 Historical Fallacies of Historians 274 Carlos Spoerhase and Colin G. King Part III Philosophy and Sub-fields of Historiography 285 25 Philosophy of History of Science 287 Nicholas Jardine 26 Philosophies of Historiography and the Social Sciences 297 Harold Kincaid 27 The Philosophy of Evolutionary Theory 307 Michael Ruse 28 The Philosophy of Geology 318 Rob Inkpen 29 Philosophy of Archaeology 330 Ben Jeffares 30 Reductionism: Historiography and Psychology 342 Cynthia Macdonald and Graham Macdonald 31 Historiography and Myth 353 Mary Lefkowitz 32 Historiography and Memory 362 Marie-Claire Lavabre 33 Historiographic Schools 371 Christopher Lloyd Part IV Classical Schools and Philosophers of Historiography and History 381 34 Leopold Ranke 383 Thomas Gil 35 Scientific Historiography 393 Chris Lorenz 36 Darwin 404 John S. Wilkins 37 Logical Empiricism and Logical Positivism 416 Krzysztof Brzechczyn 38 Jewish and Christian Philosophy of History 427 Samuel Moyn 39 Muslim Philosophy of History 437 Zaid Ahmad 40 Vico 446 Joseph Mali 41 Kant and Herder 457 Sharon Anderson-Gold 42 Hegel 468 Tom Rockmore 43 Neo-Kantianism 477 Charles Bambach 44 Marx 488 Tom Rockmore 45 Collingwood and Croce 498 Stein Helgeby 46 Phenomenology 508 David Weberman 47 Jan Patocka 518 Ivan Chvatík 48 Hermeneutics 529 Rudolf A. Makkreel 49 Postmodernism 540 Beverley Southgate 50 Philosophy of History at the End of the Cold War 550 Krishan Kumar Index 561

Aviezer Tucker has held research positions at the Australian National University, New York University, Columbia University and the Central European University in Prague. He is the author of Our Knowledge of the Past: A Philosophy of Historiography (2004) and is an editor of the Journal of Philosophy of History.

Reviews for A Companion to the Philosophy of History and Historiography

Tucker is to be congratulated...for conceiving of this work, and for soliciting, selecting, organizing, and editing its essays-all of which were written especially for the volume. [E]ach essay presents a particular author's take on a subject, often ending with further questions and suggestions. In this way it resembles a conversational partner who accompanies one along the way, stimulating further reflection as well as providing interesting information and observations. A companion literally is someone who breaks bread with another (com: with; panis: bread), and it certainly is the case that these essays-so clearly written, so mercifully manageable in length, and so sharp in focus-collectively and individually provide a great deal of food for thought. [T]he range and scope of the volume...is impressive by any standard. The fact that the authors are world-class authorities in the areas in which they are writing, and that they have made a special effort (prodded, no doubt, by its editor), to write in clear, jargon-free prose, makes evident the appeal and usefulness of the book. Too, the book is handsomely produced and well copy-edited by Wiley-Blackwell. (Journal of the Philosophy of History) This volume does a fine job of showing the field's connections to many of the central concerns of contemporary philosophy. Part Four offers essays addressing the traditional schools and issues of philosophy of history and historiography, as well as valuable essays on postmodernism, Muslim philosophy of history, and philosophy of history at the end of the Cold War, among other topics.Recommended. (Choice, June 2009)