The Metahistory of Western Knowledge in the Modern Era: Four Evolving Metaparadigms, 1648 to Present

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Front Matter
	Half-title
	Title page
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	Contents
Part I-IV
	Part I The First Modern Metaparadigm, c.1648–c.1750
		Chapter One The First Phase: Seminal Ideation, C.1648–C.1670: The Focus Upon Definition and Hypothesis
			A. History/Philosophy of History
				Thomas Hobbes (1588–1670) and Samuel Pufendorf (1632–1694)
			B. Literature—The Modern Novel
				Anton Ulrich (1633–1714)
			C. Mathematics—The Development of Logical Calculus  (A Precursor of Calculus)
				Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1717)
		Chapter Two The Second Phase: Developing a Systematic Theory for Future Inquiry and Problem-Solving C.1670–C.1690
			A. History/Philosophy of History
				Thomas Hobbes (1588–1670)
				Samuel Pufendorf (1632–1694)
			B. Literature
				Anton Ulrich (1633–1714)
			C. Mathematics—The Further Development of Logical Calculus:  Two Studies (1679)
				Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1717)
		Chapter Three The Third Phase: Material Inquiry Into the Verifiability of Specific Concepts, and Conflict Over the Implications of the Findings C.1690–C.1720
			A. History/Philosophy of History
				Anthony Ashley-Cooper, Third Earl of Shaftesbury (1671–1713)
			B. Literature
				Daniel Defoe (1660–1731)
			C. Mathematics—A Study in the Logical Calculus, Early 1690s
				Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1717)
		Chapter Four The Fourth Phase: Integrating the New Four Causal Understandings With the Traditional C.1720–C.1750
			A. Philosophy of History/Societal Development of Political Institutions
				Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu (1689–1755)
			B. Literature
			C. Biology—Environmental Determinism as the Cause of the Evolution of Plants, Animals and Homo Sapiens
				Montesquieu (1689–1755)
	Part II The Second Modern Metaparadigm, c.1750–c.1865
		Chapter Five The First Phase: Seminal Ideation, C.1750–C.1770: The Focus Upon Definition and Hypothesis
			A. Philosophy of History/Development of Institutions
				Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778)
			B. Literature
				Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729–1781) and Edward Young (1683–1765)
			C. Biology and Botany—Discovery of the Male-Female Participation in the Evolution of the Embryo
				Friedrich Caspar Wolff (1733–1794)
		Chapter Six The Second Phase: Developing a Systematic Structure for Guiding New Inquiry and Explanation C.1770–C.1790
			A. History/Philosophy of History
				Immanuel Kant (1724–1804) and Johann Gottfried Herder (1744–1803)
			B. Literature
				Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832)
			C. Biology/Botany
				Erasmus Darwin (1731–1802)
		Chapter Seven The Third Phase: Material Inquiry Into the Verifiability of Specific Concepts, and Conflict Over the Implications of the Findings C.1790–C.1820
			A. Philosophy of History
				Immanuel Kant (1724–1804)
			B. Literature
				Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1831)
			C. Biology/Botany
				Erasmus Darwin (1731–1802)
		Chapter Eight The Fourth Phase: Integrating the New Four Causal Understandings With the Traditional C.1820–C.1860
			A. Philosophy of History/History
				Leopold van Ranke (1795–1886)
				Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831)
				Karl Marx (1818–1883)
			B. Literature
				Honoré Balzac (1799–1850)
			C. Biology
				Charles Darwin (1809–1882)
	Part III The Third Modern Metaparadigm  c.1860–c.1960
		Chapter Nine The First Phase: Seminal Ideation, C.1860–1870: The Focus Upon Definition and Hypothesis
			A. Philosophy of History
				Karl Marx (1818–1883)
			B. Literature/Drama
				Henrik Ibsen (1828–1906)
			C. Biology
				Herbert Spencer (1820–1903)
		Chapter Ten The Second Phase: Developing a Systematic Structure For Guiding New Inquiry and Explanation C.1870–C.1895
			A. Philosophy of History
				Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
			B. Literature/Drama
				Henrik Ibsen (1828–1906)
			C. Psychology
				Franz Brentano (1838–1917)
		Chapter Eleven The Third Phase: Material Inquiry Into the Verifiability of Specific Concepts, and Conflict Over the Implications of the Findings C.1890–C.1920
			A. History
				Heinrich Friedjung (1851–1920)
			B. Literature
				Thomas Mann (1875–1955)
			C. Psychology
				Sigmund Freud (1856–1939)
		Chapter Twelve The Fourth Phase: Integrating the New Four Causal Understandings With the Traditional C.1920–C.1960
			A. History/Philosophy of History
				Sigmund Freud (1856–1939)
			B. Literature/Drama
				Jean-Paul Sartre (1905–1980)
			C. Micro-Sociology
				Kurt Lewin (1890–1947)
	Part IV The Fourth Modern Metaparadigm, c.1970–c.2060
		Chapter Thirteen The First Phase: Seminal Ideation, C.1960–1980: The Focus Upon Definition and Hypothesis
			A. Philosophy of History
				Hayden White (1928–2018)
			B. Drama
				Judith Malina (1926–2015)
			C. Group Dynamics: Advent of the Encounter Group
				Morton A. Lieberman, Irvin D. Yalom (1931–Present) and  Matthew B. Miles
		Chapter Fourteen The Second Phase: Developing a Systematic Structure For Guiding New Inquiry and Explanation C.1970–1990
			A. Historiography
				Hayden White (1928–2018)
			B. Drama
				Judith Malina (1926–2015)
			C. Group Dynamics: The Guiding Principles of Encounter Groups
				Morton A. Lieberman, Irvin D. Yalom (1931–Present) and  Matthew B. Miles
		Chapter Fifteen The Third Phase: Material Inquiry Into the Verifiability of Specific Concepts, and Conflict Over the Implications of The Findings C.1990–C. 2020
			A. Philosophy of History
				Hayden White (1928–2018)
			B. Literature
				Elfriede Jelinek (1946–Present)
				Elfriede Jelinek, The Piano Teacher, A Novel9
			C. Group dynamics—The Focus Group
				Charles E. Basch
		Conclusion
End Matter
	Bibliography
	Index