History, Its Purpose and Method

A. J. Ayer accepted history acquired action Anatole France aspect Bauer believe belongs Bernheim called Calvinist causation century certitude chapter Collingwood common sense course criticism Dewey discipline division doctrine documents dogmatism Dutch Dutch Republic economic history existence F. C. S. Schiller fact formulate French G. N. Clark Halphen Henri Pirenne heuristic historian historical knowledge human behaviour human nature ibid Idea of History imagination individual intellectual l'Histoire living Logan Pearsall Smith Logic look means memory methodologist mind narrative notion observed occurrence Palaeography past events past experiences philosophy of history Pirenne political practical pragmatist present problem psychology purpose question R. G. Collingwood reason result rules says scepticism Schiller scientist sequence of events serialization Sidgwick social history society story task tell theory things thought tion universal Utraquistic William James word history writing