At the end of an age /
At the End of an Age is a deeply informed and rewarding reflection on the nature of historical and scientific knowledge. Of extraordinary philosophical, religious, and historical scope, it is the product of a great historian's lifetime of thought on the subject of his discipline and the human c...
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
©2002.
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| On-line přístup: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt1npg3g |
Obsah:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- A Brief Introduction
- A Few Acknowledgments
- One. At The End Of An Age Convictions: A Personal Envoi. The Evolution Of ''Modern.'' Main Features Of The Modern Age. Contradictory Dualities. ''Post-Modern.'' The Need To Rethink The Current Idea Of ''Progress.''
- Two. The Presence Of Historical Thinking My Vocation. The Historicity Of Our Thinking. Professional History. Justice/Truth. The Appetite For History. History And The Novel. History At The End Of A Historical Age.
- Four. An Illustration 1959. The Limits Of Knowledge. The Limits Of Objectivity. The Limits Of Definitions. The Limits Of Mathematics. The Inevitability Of Relationships. Inevitable Unpredictability. Insufficient Materialism. The Limits Of Idealism.
- Five. At The Center Of The Universe Timeliness, And Limitations Of My Argument. Heisenberg And Duhem. At The Center Of The Universe. Conditions Of Belief. A Necessity For Christians.
- Index.