Historian's FallacieHarper Collins, 30 dec. 1970 - 368 pagini "If one laughs when David Hackett Fischer sits down to play, one will stay to cheer. His book must be read three times: the first in anger, the srcond in laughter, the third in respect....The wisdom is expressed with a certin ruthlessness. Scarcly a major historian escapes unscathed. Ten thousand members of the AmericanHistorical Association will rush to the index and breathe a little easier to find their names absent. |
Cuprins
| 3 | |
Fallacies of Factual Verification | 40 |
Fallacies of Factual Significance | 64 |
Fallacies of Generalization | 103 |
Fallacies of Narration | 131 |
Fallacies of Causation | 164 |
Fallacies of Motivation | 187 |
Fallacies of Composition | 216 |
Fallacies of False Analogy | 243 |
Fallacies of Semantical Distortion | 263 |
Fallacies of Substantive Distraction | 282 |
Conclusion | 307 |
Index | 319 |
Index of Fallacies | 337 |
Alte ediții - Afișează-le pe toate
Historians' Fallacies: Toward a Logic of Historical Thought David Hackett Fischer Vizualizare fragmente - 1970 |
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