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Routledge The Primacy of Method in Historical Research Book

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Explore the deep connection between history and the past through a rigorous philosophical lens. In The Primacy of Method in Historical Research, the author challenges standard views that reduce historical relations to mere psychological or evidential concerns. Instead, this volume argues that these relations are irreducible products of the logical commitments found within history as a method. Ahlskog examines how the specific method of history shapes and enables our connection to the past. By invoking past perspectives of meaning, historical research provides a way to make reality intelligible. This book offers a necessary philosophical clarification for students, theorists, and researchers looking to understand the fundamental mechanics of how we interpret historical reality. It serves as a significant contribution to the Routledge Approaches to History series, providing a deep dive into the philosophy of history and the perspective of meaning.

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Provides a philosophical examination of how history relates to the past through the lens of logical commitments.

Challenges existing theories that limit historical relations to purely psychological or practical concerns.

Explains how the method of history enables researchers to use past perspectives of meaning to understand reality.

Offers a deep theoretical framework for understanding the role of method in historical research.

Part of the Routledge Approaches to History series for academic and professional study.

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Amazon UK
Release Date
30 December 2020
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06 July 2020

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