The Anatomy of Historical Knowledge

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Focusing on the nature of historical writing, the book explores key issues such as the discipline's structure, the reliability of historical knowledge, and the concept of explanation in history. It is divided into three parts: the first analyzes various historical inquiries, the second delves into causal explanations in both everyday life and science, and the final part assesses the objectivity of historians' work, highlighting the limits of objectivity in certain historical narratives.