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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Historical explanation"”.
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A Language-Game Justification for Narrative in Historical Explanation
The problem of historical explanation consists in how historical facts are put together. No mere collection of facts constitutes an explanation: there must be some underlying explanation for why those facts occurred in the way they did. Many competing theories of historical explanation have thus …
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The development of the Asian trading class in Chipata Zambia
… in Chipata between 1900 and 1964. It provides a historical explanation of why Asians came to occupy a predominant position in the retail and wholesale trade of Chipata during the colonial period. It also examines the role played by Asians in the politics of decolonization and assesses the impact …
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Pioneers of modern art in Malta
… around for almost half a century. There is a historical explanation to all this. From the time of Aristotle down to the present day, the standard philosophical answer to the question of what art is, has been imitation. Malta is no exception to this. Historically, the Maltese had been under the …
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A Grammar of Transcriptions in 2 Esdras: Text, Philology, Phonology
… spellings in 2 Esdras provide the simplest explanations for the extant spellings in manuscripts. When understood in their philological context, these securely reconstructed spellings reliably reveal a Hebrew and Aramaic pronunciation of Ezra-Nehemiah from a stage earlier than that attested …
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Genetic structure and colonisation history of European and UK population of Gammarus pulex
… Unlike in mainland Europe there was no historical explanation for the diversity recorded (as the introduced population was so young) and, in the absence of fragmentation, speciation and colonisation the contemporary forces of gene flow, selection and limited genetic drift are thought to …
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GIOSTRE E TORNEI EQUESTRI NELLE CITTÀ REGIE DELLA SARDEGNA TRA XVI E XXI SECOLO: FENOMENOLOGIA ED EVOLUZIONE DELLA SARTIGLIA DI ORISTANO
… The thesis analyzes the different phases of the historical evolution of the carousel, demonstrating how the main stages are closely linked to the institutional passages of the city's history. Pointing out the elements of continuity and those of innovation that have arisen over time, the research …
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GIOSTRE E TORNEI EQUESTRI NELLE CITTÀ REGIE DELLA SARDEGNA TRA XVI E XXI SECOLO: FENOMENOLOGIA ED EVOLUZIONE DELLA SARTIGLIA DI ORISTANO
… The thesis analyzes the different phases of the historical evolution of the carousel, demonstrating how the main stages are closely linked to the institutional passages of the city's history. Pointing out the elements of continuity and those of innovation that have arisen over time, the research …
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The Wandesfordes: The Ideology of Landlordism in North Kilkenny
… position of the Wandesforde family, and the historical explanation of it. As a preliminary to this, the first chapter provides a general background as to how the Wandesforde family came to live in North Kilkenny. The central argument of the chapter is the discussion of how individual family …
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The first Islamic conquest of Aelia (Islamic Jerusalem): a critical analytical study of the early Islamic historical narratives
… is an attempt to find some concerte scientific historical explanation and interpretation of the many questions which have arisen concerning the reasons behind the inaccuracies and contradictions in the early Islamic narratives and sources with regard to the first Islamic conquest of Aelia …
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Social Production of Intellectual Disability and the Mechanics of Moral Exclusion: Past, Present, and Future
… project is an attempt to explore a theoretical, historical explanation for how humanity is denied in some bodies, how humanity was denied in the body of the man at the center of this New Jersey court case. To understand this level of moral exclusion, this dissertation interrogates the discipline …
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Merlin, the Brain, and the Market: Intelligent Machines and Global Order in Public Debates in Britain 1945-50
… output of the thesis is its provision of a historical explanation for why images of science matter in public culture. I argue that these figures deployed images of science to define the criteria for who counted as legitimate experts on human affairs. Finally, I use this analysis to …
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Pueblos, Planets, and Permian Puzzles: The Perils and Promise of Analogical Evidence in the Historical Sciences
… the epistemic role of analogical reasoning in historical science, arguing that analogy is not merely interpretive but can function as a method of experimental inquiry. While philosophers like Carol Cleland emphasize trace-based inference, and critics like Derek Turner raise concerns about …