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Explanation by description : An essay on historical methodology / Fred D. Newman.

DGBA Linguistics and Semiotics - <1990 Available online

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Newman, Fred D., author.
Series:
Studies in Philosophy ; 16
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
History--Methodology.
History.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (104 pages).
Edition:
Reprint 2019
Place of Publication:
Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2019]
Language Note:
In English.
Contents:
Frontmatter
PREFACE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. Introductory Remarks: In the beginning there were the covering-law theorists
II. The Historical Explanation Sketch
III. From Caterpillar to Butterfly: A Case History of the How-Possibly
IV. How Possiblies, How Actualies and How Historians Explain
V. Historians, Freedom and the Logic of Prediction
VI. Concluding Remarks: Historian, qua Super Scientist
Epilogue
Notes:
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Mrz 2019)
ISBN:
9783111396002
3111396002
OCLC:
1091661287

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