The Shape of the Past: A Philosophical Approach to History

by L. Gordon Graham and Gordon Graham

Can human history as a whole be interpreted in any meaningful way? Has there been real progress between stone age and space age? Does history repeat itself? Is there evidence of divine providence? Questions such as these have fascinated thinkers, and some of the greatest philosophers, notably
Kant and Hegel, have turned their minds to philosophical history. As a branch of philosophy, however, it has received little attention in the analytical tradition...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019289255X
• ISBN13: 9780192892553
• Release Date: March 1997
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 7.7"