TY - BOOK ID - 605409 TI - New contributions to the philosophy of history AU - Little, Daniel AU - Springer PY - 2010 VL - 6 SN - 15727750 SN - 9789400733091 9789048194100 9789048194094 9789048194117 PB - Dordrecht [etc.] Springer DB - UniCat KW - Theory of knowledge KW - History of philosophy KW - anno 1800-1999 KW - History KW - Ontology. KW - Social sciences KW - Philosophy. KW - Methodology. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:605409 AB - Insights developed in the past two decades by philosophers of the social sciences can serve to enrich the challenging intellectual tasks of conceptualizing, investigating, and representing the human past. Likewise, intimate engagement with the writings of historians can deepen philosophers' understanding of the task of knowing the past. This volume brings these perspectives together and considers fundamental questions, such as: What is historical causation? What is a large historical structure? How can we best conceptualize mentalities  and identities ? What is involved in understanding the subjectivity of historical actors? What is involved in arriving at an economic history of a large region? How are actions and outcomes related? The arguments touch upon a wide range of historical topics -- the Chinese and French Revolutions, the extension of railroads in the nineteenth century, and the development of agriculture in medieval China. ER -