1st Edition

Real History Reflections on Historical Practice

By Martin Bunzl Copyright 1997
162 Pages
by Routledge

160 Pages
by Routledge

160 Pages
by Routledge

In Real History , Martin Bunzl brilliantly succeeds in bringing together two schools of thought at the forefront of the philosophy of history: that of realism and objectivity. He shows us how the realism debate is inhabited by philosophers, whereas the objectivity argument lies in the hands of historians. In his lucid and direct style, Bunzl proposes a synthesis between these two parallel... Read more
Introduction; Chapter 1 Objectivity Reconfigured; Chapter 2 Historical Facts; Chapter 3 The Construction of History; Chapter 4 Foucault by Historians; Chapter 5 Extending the Argument; Chapter 6 Concluding Worries;

Biography

Martin Bunzl is a Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University. He is also the author of The Context of Explanation.