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Meyerhoff, Hans,

The philosophy of history in our time : an anthology selected, and with an introd. and commentary / by Hans Meyerhoff. - [1st ed.] - Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1959. - 350 p. ; 19 cm. - Doubleday anchor books, A164. .

History and philosophy -- The historian in a changing world / The dream / History and chronicle / History as a system / The historical imagination / What are historians trying to do? / The unit of historical study / History, science and fiction / What are historical facts? / Written history as an act of faith / Relativism in history / Historical judgements / Present standpoints and past history / Can history be objective? / The logic of historical analysis / Can history be objective? / Moral judgments in history / Historical inevitability / On fortune and misfortune in history / The historian's purpose : history and metahistory / Has history any meaning? / The diversity and unity of history / The unity of history / Geoffrey Barraclough -- Wilhelm Dilthey -- Benedetto Croce -- Jos�e Ortega y Gasset -- R.G. Collingwood -- Henri Pierenne -- Arnold J. Toynbee -- Arnold J. Toynbee -- Carl L. Becker -- Charles A. Beard -- Raymond Aron -- John Dewey -- Arthur O. Lovejoy -- Morton White -- Ernest Nagel -- W.H. Walsh -- Herbert Butterfield -- Sir Isaiah Berlin -- Jacob Burckhardt -- Alan Bullock -- Karl Popper -- Reinhold Niebuhr -- Karl Jaspers. Introduction : I : The heritage of historicism -- II : Clio - science or muse? -- III : History and morality -- IV : The meaning of history --

LCCN: 59006270

Subjects--Topical Terms:
History--Philosophy.

LC Class. No.: D16.8 / .M63

Dewey Class. No.: 901.082