 | Hayden White - 1975 - 468 pages
...historical field. This is why they cannot be "refuted," or their generalizations "di scon firmed." either by appeal to new data that might be turned up in subsequent research or by the elaboration of a new theory for interpreting the sets of events that comprise their objects of... | |
 | Murray G. Murphey - 1994 - 362 pages
...respective visions of the historical field. This is why they cannot be "refuted," or their generalizations "disconfirmed," either by appeal to new data that might be turned up in subsequent research or by the elaboration of a new theory for interpreting the sets of events that comprise their objects of... | |
 | Victor E. Taylor, Charles E. Winquist - 1998 - 824 pages
...respective visions of the historical field. This is why they cannot be "refuted," or their generalizations "disconfirmed," either by appeal to new data that might be turned up in subsequent research or by the elaboration of a new theory for interpreting the sets of events that comprise their objects of... | |
 | Mark Bevir, R. A. W. Rhodes - 2003 - 246 pages
...'visions of the historical field'. To the question 'what is the correct approach to history?', White answers: It does not depend upon the nature of the...comprise their objects of representation and analysis. It follows, therefore, that an organising perspective is not falsifiable. It never provides a definitive... | |
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... data" they used to support their generalizations or the theories they invoked to explain them; it depends rather upon the consistency, coherence, and illuminative power of their respective visions of the historical field. This is why they cannot be... 