Historian's Fallacie"If one laughs when David Hackett Fischer sits down to play, one will stay to cheer. His book must be read three times: the first in anger, the srcond in laughter, the third in respect....The wisdom is expressed with a certin ruthlessness. Scarcly a major historian escapes unscathed. Ten thousand members of the AmericanHistorical Association will rush to the index and breathe a little easier to find their names absent. |
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User Review - TLCrawford - LibraryThingDavid Fischer’s book Historians' Fallacies: toward a logic of historical thought is one of the most helpful method focused historiographies I have read. It is also one of the most daring. Fischer ... Read full review
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User Review - okrysmastree - LibraryThingThis book is an essential read for anyone considering a career as a historian, or even interested in the historical process and wanting to be able to look at historical writing more critically. I'll ... Read full review
Contents
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Fallacies of Factual Verification | 40 |
Fallacies of Factual Significance | 64 |
Fallacies of Generalization | 103 |
Fallacies of Narration | 131 |
Fallacies of Causation | 164 |
Fallacies of Motivation | 187 |
Fallacies of Composition | 216 |
Fallacies of False Analogy | 243 |
Fallacies of Semantical Distortion | 263 |
Fallacies of Substantive Distraction | 282 |
Conclusion | 307 |
Index | 319 |
Index of Fallacies | 337 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Historian's Fallacie Harper Colophon Books Harper torchbooks |
| Author | David H. Fischer |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Harper Collins, 1970 |
| ISBN | 0061315451, 9780061315459 |
| Length | 368 pages |
| Subjects | › History / Historiography History / Reference |
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