The Logic of Historical Explanation

Title page
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Copyright
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Contents
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Preface
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1. The Failure of Macrocorrelation
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The Absence of General Laws in Historical Explanation
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The Want of Universal Laws from Which Deductions May Be Made
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The Unclassifiability of Concrete Events
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The Unclassifiability of Complex Events
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Attempts at Macrocorrelation
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2. The Explanatory Power of Colligation
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The Transformation of Correlation into Explanation
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The Validity of an Explanation
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3. The Necessity of Microcorrelation
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Probable, Not Invariable
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Parochial, Not Universal
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Empirical, Not Analytical
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Predictive, as well as Explanaory
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Inductive, Not Deductive
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Implicit, Not Explicit
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5. The Problem of Indiscriminate Pluralism
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Totalism
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Minimalism
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Pragmatism
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Abnormalism
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Metaphysicalism
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Moralism
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Probabilism
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6. The Logic of Colligation
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Linear Colligation
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Convergent Colligation
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Divergent Colligation
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Microcolligation
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Parallel Colligation
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7. Structure and Theory in History
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Theory in History
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8. Purposive Action
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The Logic of the Situation
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The Logic of Dispositional Traits
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The Logic of Subsequent Actions
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Action-Explanation Schemes
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9. The Etiology of Desire
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The Etiology of Personality
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The Beliefs of an Individual
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The Beliefs of Society
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The Genesis of Luther's Beliefs
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The Rise of Puritanism
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The Etiology of Ideas
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11. The Logic of Historical Interpretation
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12. Causal Explanation and the Uses of History
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Glossary
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Bibliography
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Index
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