The Primacy of Method in Historical Research: Philosophy of History and the Perspective of Meaning (Routledge Approaches to History) - Softcover

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Ahlskog, Jonas

 
9780367642921: The Primacy of Method in Historical Research: Philosophy of History and the Perspective of Meaning (Routledge Approaches to History)
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ISBN 10: 0367642921 ISBN 13: 9780367642921
Publisher: Routledge, 2022

Synopsis

How does history relate to the past? According to leading historical theorists, the relation to the past in history is reducible to evidential, psychological, practical and retrospective concerns. In contrast, this volume claims that historical relations to the past are irreducible products of the logical commitments of history as method. Ahlskog argues that the method of history shapes and enables relations to the past in historical research by invoking past perspectives of meaning for rendering reality intelligible. The book provides a much-needed philosophical clarification of key concepts in one of the most fundamental debates within the humanities today.

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About the Author

Jonas Ahlskog is Postdoctoral Researcher in Philosophy and History of Ideas at the Department of Philosophy, Åbo Akademi University, Finland.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2022
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0367642921
ISBN 13 
9780367642921
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
210

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