Empiricism and History: theory and history.
by Davies, Stephen.
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BookPublisher: Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003Description: 163p.ISBN: 9781137606143..Subject(s): History-Philosophy. Empiricism. Historiography. History- Study and teachingDDC classification: 901
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"The central doctrine of empiricism - that true knowledge or understanding of the world comes ultimately from sense impressions - has underpinned most of the practices and arguments of historians for the past 150 years. Empirical history has always faced attacks from a variety of other approaches, however, including Marxism, philosophical idealism and, most recently, postmodernism. In spite of this, empirical methods have prevailed, and the study of history remains broadly empirical."
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