Nature and Historical Experience: Essays in Naturalism and in the Theory of History

John Herman Randall

Published by Columbia University Press 1958

Nature and Historical Experience

Essays in Naturalism and in the Theory of History

John Herman Randall

https://doi.org/10.7312/rand92096

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A collection of essays on the theory of history and the theory of nature. Topics include the genetic method and historical determinism, historical decision, the nature of metaphysics, empirical pluralism and unification of nature, ways of construing mind and intelligibility, and others.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Foreword Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
Prologue Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I. Toward, the Theory of History
1. The Theory of History Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
2. On the Understanding of Histories Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	37
3. History as an Instrument of Understanding: The Genetic Method and Historical Determinism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
4. History as an Instrument of Understanding: Historical Decision Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	94
Part II. Toward the Theory of Nature
5. The Nature of Metaphysics: Its Function, Criteria, and Method Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	121
6. Substance as a Cooperation of Processes: A Metaphysical Analysis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143
7. Empirical Pluralism and Unifications of Nature Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
8. Ways of Construing Mind and Intelligibility Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	215
9. An Empirical and Naturalistic Theory of Signs, Signification, Universals, and Symbols Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237
10. Qualities, Qualification, and the Aesthetic Transaction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	271
Epilogue. Unifications of Knowledge: What Is the World to Be Unified? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	296

Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Copyright year: 1958
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 310

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Published: May 6, 2019
ISBN: 9780231887007