Justifying Historical Descriptions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4496256 |
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| Authors | William H Dray, C Behan Mccullagh |
| Year | 1986 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 331 |
| Publication date | 1986-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | History and Theory (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-2656 • E-ISSN: 1468-2303 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2505195 |
| OpenAlex | W2321970728 |
| Language | EN |
Preface 1. Introduction: truth and justification 2. Justifying singular descriptions: arguments to the best explanation 3. Justifying singular descriptions: statistical inferences 4. Justifying singular descriptions: arguments from criteria and arguments from analogy 5. Some common inferences in history 6. Historical generalizations 7. Justifying singular causal judgements in history 8. Judgements of 'the most significant cause' in history 9. Epilogue: truth and interpretation in history Bibliography Indices
Epistemology · Sociology · Historical and Linguistic Studies · Historical and Literary Studies · History · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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