Epistemic Respectability in History

by Richard Baron

This book investigates the epistemology of claims that are made within historical accounts. It proposes an epistemic standard for historical claims that offer to make sense of events, states of affairs or ways of life. Claims may for example state that certain events led to other events or that in certain circumstances, certain developments were not surprising.Claims such as these need a special standard because they are sometimes contestable. Historians...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1074933516
• ISBN13: 9781074933517
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"