Idealization XIII : : modeling in history / / edited by Krzysztof Brzechczyn.

• Superior document: Poznan studies in the philosophy of the sciences and the humanities ; v. 97
• TeilnehmendeR: Brzechczyn, Krzysztof, 1963-
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam ;, New York, NY : : Rodopi,, 2009.
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Series: Poznań Studies in the Philosophy of the Sciences and the Humanities 97/13.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (384 pages) :; illustrations.
• Notes: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

The book reveals different dimensions of modeling in the historical sciences. Papers collected in the first part (Ontology of the Historical Process) consider different models of historical reality and discuss their status. The second part (Modeling in the Methodology of History) presents various forms of idealization in historiographic research. The papers in the third part (Modeling in the Research Practice) present various models of past reality (e.g. of Poland, Central Europe and the general history of the feudal system) put forward by historians. Other papers consider the status of scientific laws and historical generalizations. The volume will be of interest to those who study analytical philosophy of history, methodology of history and social sciences, social philosophy as well as theory and history of historiography.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Krzysztof Brzechczyn -- BETWEEN SCIENCE AND LITERATURE: THE DEBATE ON THE STATUS OF HISTORY / Krzysztof Brzechczyn -- POSSIBILITIES AND NECESSITIES OF THE HISTORICAL PROCESS / Marceli Handelsman -- THE ACTIVISTIC CONCEPT OF THE HISTORICAL PROCESS / Jerzy Topolski -- CLASS AND INDIVIDUAL IN THE HISTORICAL PROCESS / Leszek Nowak -- IDEALIZATIONAL PROCEDURES IN HISTORY / Jerzy Topolski -- TYPOLOGICAL CONCEPTS IN HISTORICAL SCIENCES / Tadeusz Pawłowski -- THE DIRECTIVE OF RATIONALIZING HUMAN ACTIONS / Jerzy Topolski -- METHODOLOGICAL PECULIARITIES OF HISTORY IN LIGHT OF IDEALIZATIONAL THEORY OF SCIENCE / Krzysztof Brzechczyn -- THE MODEL AND ITS CONCRETIZATION IN ECONOMIC HISTORY / Jerzy Topolski -- WHY DID THE POLANIAN TRIBE UNITE THE POLISH STATE? / Henryk Łowmiański -- COMMENTS ON ŁOWMIAŃSKI / Jerzy Topolski -- THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF INCOMES IN A FEUDAL SYSTEM / Jan Rutkowski -- COMMENTS ON RUTKOWSKI / Jerzy Topolski -- THE DISTINCTIVENESS OF CENTRAL EUROPE IN LIGHT OF THE CASCADENESS OF THE HISTORICAL PROCESS / Krzysztof Brzechczyn -- THE ECONOMIC MODEL OF THE WIELKOPOLSKA REGION IN THE 18th CENTURY / Jerzy Topolski -- THERE WAS NOT ONE CAUSA EFFICIENS OF POLAND’S PARTITIONS / Bogusław Leśnodorski -- THE NOMOTHETIC VERSUS THE IDIOGRAPHIC APPROACH TO HISTORY / Andrzej Malewski and Jerzy Topolski -- GENERAL LAWS AND HISTORICAL GENERALIZATIONS IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES / Stefan Nowak -- TWO CONCEPTIONS OF HISTORICAL GENERALIZATIONS / Stanisław Ossowski -- SCIENTIFIC LAW VERSUS HISTORICAL GENERALIZATION. AN ATTEMPT AT AN EXPLICATION / Jan Such -- ON CAUSAL EXPLANATION IN HISTORY / Andrzej Malewski and Jerzy Topolski -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS / Krzysztof Brzechczyn.