The fifty entries in this
Companion cover the main issues in the philosophies of historiography and history, including natural history and the practices of historians.
- Written by an international and multi-disciplinary group of experts
- A cutting-edge updated picture of current research in the field
- Part of the renowned Blackwell Companions series
List of Contributors ix
Acknowledgments xi
Glossary of Terms xii
1 Introduction 1
Aviezer Tucker
Part I Major Fields 7
2 Philosophy of Historiography 9
Peter Kosso
3 Philosophy of History 26
ZdenFk VaSíCek
4 Philosophical Issues in Natural History and Its Historiography 44
Carol E. Cleland
5 Historians and Philosophy of Historiography 63
John Zammito
Part II Basic Problems 85
6 Historiographic Evidence and Confirmation 87
Mark Day and Gregory Radick
7 Causation in Historiography 98
Aviezer Tucker
8 Historiographic Counterfactuals 109
Elazar Weinryb
9 Historical Necessity and Contingency 120
Yemima Ben-Menahem
10 Explanation in Historiography 131
Graham Macdonald and Cynthia Macdonald
11 Historiographic Understanding 142
Giuseppina D’Oro
12 Colligation 152
C. Behan McCullagh
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