Empiricism and History

Stephen Davies (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

163 Seiten

2003
Red Globe Press (Verlag)
978-0-333-96470-5 (ISBN)

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The central doctrine of empiricism - that true knowledge or understanding of the world comes ultimately from sense impressions - underlies most of the practices and arguments of professional historians, but many historians have denied that there is a theory behind what they do. In the last twenty years, however, postmodernism has had a powerful effect on the discipline of history and is now forcing empiricist historians to articulate their methods, and to defend them as both possible and virtuous. In this concise introduction, Stephen Davies explains what historians mean by empiricism, examines the origins, growth and persistence of empirical methods, and shows how students can apply these methods to their own work.

STEPHEN DAVIES is Senior Lecturer in History at Manchester Metropolitan University.

Introduction
The Creation of Empirical History
The Perfection of Empirical History
The Transformation of Biography in Empirical History
The Empirical History of Institutions
Political History The Master Topic?
Economic History and Empiricism
History of Ideas- The Empirical Turn
Conclusion
Glossary
Notes
Further Reading
Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	16.5.2003
Reihe/Serie	Theory and History
Reihe/Serie	Theory and History
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Gewicht	224 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Geschichtstheorie / Historik
ISBN-10	0-333-96470-5 / 0333964705
ISBN-13	978-0-333-96470-5 / 9780333964705
Zustand	Neuware