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27 septembre 2017
- handle: 10670/1.qf2kb4
- isbn: 9780776603551
- eisbn: 9780776627014
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philosophie de l'histoire historiographie hisotriography history philosophy History HIS016000 HBAHSujets proches
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Jonathan Gorman, « Chapter 2. Knowledge », Les Presses de l’Université d’Ottawa | University of Ottawa Press, ID : 10670/1.qf2kb4
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The philadelphia conference demonstrated how theoretical problems are involved in the practice of history. From the disagreement between historians exemplified in chapter 1 we drew three theoretical questions: Can historians provide knowledge about reality? What would be a proper justification for the cliometric approach to history? Is answering the question “was slavery profitable?” a way of achieving knowledge, so that, once answered, the issue is disposed of once a...