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The Objectivity of Historical Knowledge: How We Can Know the Past

By Han Goo Lee

Book information

Publisher
The Edwin Mellen Press
Year
2018
ISBN
9781495506970, 1495506975
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
11 MB (11832856 bytes)
Pages
460\459
Time added
2022-05-05 11:11:01

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In order to secure the possibility of objective history, this book argues against all kinds of historical relativism. All such theories exist substantially on the basis of relativist epistemology. Relativist epistemology comprises such diverse theories as deconstruction, conceptual relativism, paradigm theory, post-modernism, traditional historicism, sociological relativism, pragmatism, and cultural relativism. It proves that the diversity of historical viewpoints are compatible with historical objectivity. Cover Title Page Contents Foreword Preface Introduction: A New Propesal for Justifying Historical Objectivity Part I. Historical Anti-Realism: History Is Storytelling 1. Historical Realism and Historical Anti-Realism 2. Presentism: History Is the Present on the Screen Called “The Past” 3. Pragmatism: History Is Written from the Viewpoint of Utility 4. Narrativism: History Is a Literary Genre Part II. Historical Realism: History Is the Reproduction of the Past 5. Objectivity Is Compatible with Multiple Viewpoints 6. Realistic Narratives Can Reproduce the Past 7. Critical Examination of the “Linguistic Turn” 8. How Do We Establish the Objectivity of Historical Knowledge? Part III. The Necessity of Incorporating Understanding and Explanation 9. The Historical World Is a Cultural World 10. Opposing Approaches: Hermeneutical Understanding and Scientific Explanation 11. Rational Explanation Operates on Understanding 12. Supervenience Explains Both Social Structures and Macro-Historical Laws Part IV. The Historical View as a Scientific Research Program 13. Historical Writing without a Historical View Is Blind; Historical View without Objectivity Is Empty 14. The Historical View Can Be Formalized as a Scientific Research Program 15. Two Prototypes of Modern Historical Views: Universal Progressive vs. Individual Developmental 16. Types and Validity of Historical Views: They Should Be Evaluated in Terms of Their Explanatory Power Conclusion: The Wider the Horizon of Knowledge, the Greater the Possibility of Reproducing the Past Notes Foreword — Introduction — Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 — Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 — Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Bibliography Name Index Subject Index Biography

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