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Philosophy of History

Terms in this set (16)

George Santayana
The Life of Reason
Michael Oakeshott
On History
George Hegel
The Philosophy of History
Augustine
The City of God
Immanuel Kant
An Idea for a Universal History from the Cosmopolitan Point of View
John Dewey
Logic
Arnold Toynbee
Study of History
27 Civilizations
Toynbee sees ___ civilizations that follow patterns of birth, growth, maturity, decline, disintegration, and death
Karl Popper
The Poverty of Historicism
Voltaire
Who invented the name "philosophy of history" in the 18th century?
Karl Popper
Who said "History Has No Meaning"?
John Dewey
Who wrote about the historical continuum?
History doesn't stand for the course of events, but for a certain sort of inquiry/knowledge
Aim of the study is to reach some conclusions about the nature of historical truth and validity of historical knowledge
Explain Michael Oakeshotte's third enterprise (what is known as "philosophy of history")
In order to truly understand knowledge of historical events, you must re-enact events of the past in your own mind
Basically, put yourself in his shoes
Summarize readings of Collingwood
Re-enacting can mean two different things: resembling an experience or identically copying it. Copying it is impossible, so one can only resemble it.
What is the objection and solution of Collingwood's theory?
How can a historian know the past?
Because a historian doesn't know the past by believing a witness who saw these events and left evidence on his records
What question does Collingwood ask and why?
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