The problem of historical knowledge : an answer to relativism / by Maurice Mandelbaum.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Liveright Pub. Corp., c1938Description: x, 340 p. ; 22 cmSubject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Problem of historical knowledge.DDC classification:
  • ARCH YNDC 907.2 M271P
LOC classification:
  • D16.8 .M26 1938
Contents:
Pt. 1. Historical relativism. Historical relativism : a statement -- Three historical relativists : Croce, Dilthey, Mannheim -- The presuppositions of relativism -- Four counter-relativists : Simmel, Rickert, Scheler, Troeltsch -- Summary and interpretation -- Pt. 2. Historical knowledge. Judgments of fact and judgments of value -- Relevance and causation in history -- Relevance and causation in history (continued) -- Historical pluralism -- The philosophy of history.
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"The present work arose out of studies originally undertaken in connection with a doctoral dissertation [Yale University (PH. D.) 1936]"--Pref.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-336) and index.

Pt. 1. Historical relativism. Historical relativism : a statement -- Three historical relativists : Croce, Dilthey, Mannheim -- The presuppositions of relativism -- Four counter-relativists : Simmel, Rickert, Scheler, Troeltsch -- Summary and interpretation -- Pt. 2. Historical knowledge. Judgments of fact and judgments of value -- Relevance and causation in history -- Relevance and causation in history (continued) -- Historical pluralism -- The philosophy of history.

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