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Author Martin, Raymond, 1941-

Title The Past Within Us : an Empirical Approach to Philosophy of History.

Publication Info. Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014.

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Description 1 online resource (178 pages).
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Series Princeton Legacy Library
Princeton legacy library.
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Summary Why do we interpret the past as we do, rather than in some other way or not at all? What is the significance of the fact that we interpret the past? What are historical interpretations? Raymond Martin's approach to these questions transcends both the positivist and humanistic perspectives that have polarized Anglo-American philosophy of history. Martin goes to the source of this polarization by diagnosing a deep-seated flaw in the dominant analytic approach during the period from 1935 to 1975, namely, the emphasis on conceptual analysis rather than the examination of actual historical contr.
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Subject History -- Philosophy.
History -- Philosophy.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Martin, Raymond. Past Within Us : An Empirical Approach to Philosophy of History. Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2014
ISBN 9781400860494 (electronic book)
1400860490 (electronic book)