Title: Is the Present the Key to the Past or the Past the Key to the Present? : James Hutton and Adam Smith Versus Abraham Gottlob Werner and Karl Marx in Interpreting History
Publisher: Geological Society of America, Incorporated
Publication Date: 2001
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0813723558
ISBN 13: 9780813723556
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Good
Weight: 0.46 pounds

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Sengor (geology, ITU, Istanbul) considers the philosophies of knowledge of two natural scientists (James Hutton and Abraham Gottlob Werner) and two social scientists (Adam Smith and Karl Marx). He argues that while Smith and Hutton interpreted history in terms of the present, Marx and Werner interpreted the present on the basis of history. He further contends that positivism commonly leads to nonactualistic methods in history, whereas critical rationalism leads to actualism. The volume is not indexed. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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