The Historical Understanding

Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication1963
AuthorsW. B. Gallie
JournalHistory and Theory
Volume3
Issue2
Pagination149-202
ISSN0018-2656
URLhttp://www.jstor.org/stable/2504278
DOI10.2307/2504278
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Abstract

Introductory, p. 149 - I. What is a Story?, p. 150 - Following a game, p. 157 - Following a story, p. 161 - II. Story and History, p. 168 - III. The Historical Understanding, p. 173 - "Nominalist" and "Realist", p. 174 - Contingency, p. 182 - The primacy of foreign policy, p. 187 - Conflicts as the key to history, p. 188 - Technological progress as the key to history, p. 191 - IV. Explanations in History, p. 193.