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Book SynopsisThis work provides a welcome antidote to some of the distortions and biases which the two dominant schools of Anglo-American philosophical thinking, logical positivism and ordinary language analysis have introduced into the philosophy of history in the past three or four decades. In particular, it challenges two powerful stereotypes: that philosoph
Table of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. vii*Contents, pg. xi*I. Introduction: Some Anglo-Saxon Philosophical Attitude, pg. 1*II. The Alienation of Philosophy from History, pg. 13*III. Philosophy as the Search for Criteria of Intelligibility, pg. 35*IV. Philosophy of History as the Search for Criteria of Historical Intelligibility, pg. 53*V. Divergent Opinions of Philosophy and History, pg. 68*VI Philosophical and Historical Questions About the Past, pg. 97*VII. Skepticism: Benign and Malignant, pg. 114*VIII. Use and Abuse of Skepticism in Philosophy of History, pg. 133*IX. Decision Procedures and Concept Formation, pg. 156*X. Evidence, Knowledge, and Belief, pg. 172*XI. Decision Procedures and Conceptual Change, pg. 188*XII. Speculative and Analytical Philosophy of History, pg. 207*XIII. The Whole Truth about History, pg. 233*XIV. History as Story, pg. 256*XV. History as Science, pg. 277*XVI. Epilogue: The Covering Law Model of Historical Explanation, pg. 309*Suggestions for Further Reading, pg. 319*INDEX, pg. 327
