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Book SynopsisThe book reveals different dimensions of modeling in the historical sciences. Papers collected in the first part (Ontology of the Historical Process) consider different models of historical reality and discuss their status. The second part (Modeling in the Methodology of History) presents various forms of idealization in historiographic research. The papers in the third part (Modeling in the Research Practice) present various models of past reality (e.g. of Poland, Central Europe and the general history of the feudal system) put forward by historians. Other papers consider the status of scientific laws and historical generalizations. The volume will be of interest to those who study analytical philosophy of history, methodology of history and social sciences, social philosophy as well as theory and history of historiography.
Table of ContentsKrzysztof Brzechczyn: Between Science and Literature: The Debate on the Status of History Ontology of the Historical Process Marceli Handelsman: Possibilities and Necessities of the Historical Process Jerzy Topolski: The Activistic Concept of the Historical Process Leszek Nowak: Class and Individual in the Historical Process Modeling in the Methodology of History Jerzy Topolski: Idealizational Procedures in History Tadeusz Pawłowski: Typological Concepts in Historical Sciences Jerzy Topolski: The Directive of Rationalizing Human Actions Krzysztof Brzechczyn: Methodological Peculiarities of History in light of Idealizational Theory of Science Jerzy Topolski: The Model and Its Concretization in Economic History Modeling in the Research Practice Henryk Łowmiański: Why did the Polanian Tribe Unite the Polish State? Jerzy Topolski: Comments on Łowmiański Jan Rutkowski: Theoretical Considerations on the Distribution of Incomes in a Feudal System Jerzy Topolski: Comments on Rutkowski Krzysztof Brzechczyn: The Distinctiveness of Central Europe in light of the Cascadeness of the Historical Process Jerzy Topolski: The Economic Model of the Wielkopolska Region in the 18th Century Bogusław Leśnodorski: There Was Not One Causa Efficiens of Poland’s Partitions Analytical Philosophy of History. Polish Contributions Andrzej Malewski, Jerzy Topolski: The Nomothetic versus the Idiographic Approach to History Stefan Nowak: General Laws and Historical Generalizations in the Social Sciences Stanisław Ossowski: Two Conceptions of Historical Generalizations Jan Such: Scientific Law versus Historical Generalization. An Attempt at an Explication Andrzej Malewski, Jerzy Topolski: On Causal Explanation in History Acknowledgements
