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This text provides a key to understanding the role of covering laws in historical explanation by distinguishing between their use at the macro- and micro-levels. It illustrates that "covering laws" are indispensable in connecting the steps in an explanatory narrative.

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“In an era when some historians tell us that the truth about history is that history does not tell the truth, it is refreshing to find a book such as this, which boldly asserts that history not only tells the truth but explains past events causally.”

—American Historical Review


“This is a splendid book, worthy of a very close reading by anyone interested in the issues and arguments that dominated the discussion of history by Anglo-American philosophers, especially in the sixties and seventies.”

—William H. Dray International Studies in Philosophy

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      Publisher: Penn State University
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 4/15/1996 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780271014432, 978-0271014432
      ISBN10: 0271014431

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This text provides a key to understanding the role of covering laws in historical explanation by distinguishing between their use at the macro- and micro-levels. It illustrates that "covering laws" are indispensable in connecting the steps in an explanatory narrative.

      Trade Review

      “In an era when some historians tell us that the truth about history is that history does not tell the truth, it is refreshing to find a book such as this, which boldly asserts that history not only tells the truth but explains past events causally.”

      —American Historical Review


      “This is a splendid book, worthy of a very close reading by anyone interested in the issues and arguments that dominated the discussion of history by Anglo-American philosophers, especially in the sixties and seventies.”

      —William H. Dray International Studies in Philosophy

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