Key issues in historical theory - Paul, Herman; Runia, Anthony 1959- (London Routledge, 2015)
What is historical theory? -- What is the past? -- Relations with the past -- The material relation : rooted in the past -- The aesthetic relation : historical narratives -- The political relation : making history -- The epistemic relation (I) : historical hypotheses -- The epistemic relation (II) : historical explanations -- The epistemic relation (III) : truth and plausibility -- The moral relation : lessons from the past -- Relations management : the ethics of historical scholarship.
"The present book is an adapted and improved version of the Dutch original (especially chapter 1 has been thoroughly revised)."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: History -- Philosophy; Historiography