Telling the Truth about History"A fascinating historiographical essay. . . . An unusually lucid and inclusive explication of what it ultimately at stake in the culture wars over the nature, goals, and efficacy of history as a discipline."—Booklist |
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... became the search for the laws of human development. Understanding the challenge to truth in an age in full revolt against inherited certainties means going back in time to discover how and when science became an absolute model for all ...
... became the search for the laws of human development. Understanding the challenge to truth in an age in full revolt against inherited certainties means going back in time to discover how and when science became an absolute model for all ...
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... progress and methods of reasoning became viable alternatives to the older intellectual absolutisms inherited from the Christianization of the West. Newton's Principia consolidated and made accessible the new scientific understanding.
... progress and methods of reasoning became viable alternatives to the older intellectual absolutisms inherited from the Christianization of the West. Newton's Principia consolidated and made accessible the new scientific understanding.
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... became possible to predict the rotation of the planets at any given moment. Postulating universal gravitation as a force acting at a distance and using crude but serviceable measurements of the earth's diameter, Newton was able to offer ...
... became possible to predict the rotation of the planets at any given moment. Postulating universal gravitation as a force acting at a distance and using crude but serviceable measurements of the earth's diameter, Newton was able to offer ...
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... became teachers of mechanics. As proclaimed by Bacon and Descartes, and later fulfilled by Newton's laws, science seemed to be not only neutral and universal, but also solely the work of genius. This focus meant, however, that other key ...
... became teachers of mechanics. As proclaimed by Bacon and Descartes, and later fulfilled by Newton's laws, science seemed to be not only neutral and universal, but also solely the work of genius. This focus meant, however, that other key ...
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... became the essential intellectual ingredient, the mental capital, of the Industrial Revolution. By the last quarter of the eighteenth century in Britain the same people who thought of themselves as enlightened, as teachers and appliers ...
... became the essential intellectual ingredient, the mental capital, of the Industrial Revolution. By the last quarter of the eighteenth century in Britain the same people who thought of themselves as enlightened, as teachers and appliers ...
Contents
History Makes a Nation | |
Competing Histories of America | |
Discovering the Clay Feet of Science | |
Postmodernism and the Crisis of Modernity | |
Truth and Objectivity | |
The Future of History | |
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Telling the Truth about History Joyce Oldham Appleby,Lynn Hunt,Lynn Avery Hunt,Margaret C. Jacob Limited preview - 1994 |
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