The Influence of Anthropology on the Course of Political Science Volume 4 - Softcover

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 Excerpt: ... IN HISTORY Vol. 4 No. 3 PROLEGOMENA TO HISTORY THE RELATION OF HISTORY TO LITERATURE, PHILOSOPHY, AND SCIENCE BY FREDERICK J. TEGGART Associate Professor of History and Curator of the Bancroft Library in the University of California BERKELEY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS 1916 PROLEGOMENA TO HISTORY THE RELATION OF HISTORY TO LITERATURE, PHILOSOPHY, AND SCIENCE FREDERICK J. TEGGART CONTENTS PaGE I. Introduction 155 II. The Method of Science 159 III. Historical Investigation and Historiography 169 IV. History and Philosophy 213 V. History and Evolution;239 Bibliographical Appendix 278 INTRODUCTION In an address on "The Study of History," delivered at the University of Glasgow in 1884, Principal Caird set in a clear light the problem that lies before History as a university study. ' The expediency,' he said, ' of introducing the study of history into a university curriculum turns upon the question whether history is capable of scientific treatment. Knowledge which has not yet been elevated out of the domain of facts and details, which has not submitted itself to the grasp of principles, or become in some measure illuminated and harmonized by the presence of law, cannot, I suppose, be regarded as a fit instrument of the higher education.'n To this challenge there has been no adequate response on the part of those who are professionally engaged in the study and teaching of history. In England and America it is only on rare 1 John Caird, University Addresses (Glasgow, 1899), pp. 225-26. occasions that the professor of history seems disposed to lay aside the presentation of assured fact in order to consider the nature of the foundation upon which his constructions rest. Hence it is that most of our contributions to historical theory are to be found in the inaugu...

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