Stanford, Michael <br/><br/>
An Introduction to the Philosophy of History 

 - Oxford  Blackwell Publishers  1998 
 - 294p 
<br/><br/> includes index and biblioraphy 
<br/><br/>1 The Importance and Fascination of History	1<br/>2 Philosophical Peculiarities of History	3<br/>3 Contemporary Neglect of the Philosophy of History	5<br/>4 Present State of Philosophy of History	8<br/>5 How Philosophy of History Relates to Other Disciplines	11<br/>6 Philosophy of History and Contemporary Concerns	12<br/>7 Future Possibilities of the Philosophy of History	14<br/>I    History, Philosophy and the Social Sciences	20<br/>1 Corners	20<br/>2 History and Social Science: the Right-hand Side	23<br/>3 Philosophy and Social Science: the Base	37<br/>4 Philosophy and History: the Left-hand Side	42<br/>2   Main Themes	50<br/>1 The Problem of Objectivity	50<br/>2 Objectivity in History	54<br/>3 Evidence	60<br/>4 Truth	66<br/>5 Social Processes and Frameworks	70<br/>6 Teleology	74<br/>7 Pattern, Structure and Colligation	77<br/>3    Causes and Explanations<br/>1	Causes<br/>2	Explanation in General<br/>3	Statistical Explanation<br/>4    Explanations in the Social Sciences and in History<br/>1  Explanation in the Social Sciences<br/>2 Explanation in History<br/>5    Science, History and Historicism<br/>1	Science and History<br/>2	Structure, Time and Meaning<br/>3	Historicism<br/>6    Mind<br/>1	Mind and the Historian<br/>2	Imagination and Understanding<br/>3	Action<br/>7    Meaning<br/>1	Language<br/>2	Hermeneutics<br/>3	Political Correctness<br/>8    `Only Connect`<br/>1  Communication and Culture<br/>2 Narrative<br/>9    The End of History?<br/>1  The Linguistic Turn in History<br/>2 The Loss of the Object<br/>3 From the Enlightenment to Postmodernity<br/>4 An Unceasing Conversation<br/> 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0631199411     2097 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>N52  / ST246