OF ASHTRAYS AND INCOMMENSURABILITY: REFLECTIONS ON HERBERT BUTTERFIELD AND THE WHIG INTERPRETATION OF HISTORY.

The article discusses the 1931 book "The Whig Interpretation of History," by Herbert Butterfield. Topics include an April 1972 incident at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey involving filmmaker Errol Morris and philosopher Thomas Kuhn, the biographies "Herbert B...

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Main Author: McClay, Wilfred M. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2012
In: Fides et historia
Year: 2012, Volume: 44, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-14
Further subjects:B Herbert Butterfield: Historian As Dissenter (Book)
B Butterfield, Herbert, 1900-1979
B Twentieth Century
B Life & Thought of Herbert Butterfield: History, Science & God, The (Book)
B McIntyre, C. T
B Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron, 1834-1902
B Kuhn, Thomas S., 1922-1996
B Whig Interpretation of History, The (Book)
B Morris, Errol, 1948-
B history of historiography