V HISTORICAL SKEPTICISM

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE vii
3. CONTENTS ix
4. I A DEFINITION OF TERMS 1
5. II INTELLECTUAL HYBRIDS 11
6. III AN ISSUE WHICH CANNOT BE EVADED 23
7. IV THE SOURCES OF HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE 35
8. V HISTORICAL SKEPTICISM 47
9. VI SELECTION AND IMAGINATION 57
10. VII BIAS AND HYPOTHESIS 67
11. VIII UNIQUE AND RECURRING FACTS 85
12. IX COMPLEXITY, MEASUREMENT, AND EXPERIMENT 97
13. X PREVISION 115
14. XI EXACT AND INEXACT SCIENCES 129
15. XII FROM HUMILITY TO TOLERANCE 143
16. APPENDIX 163
17. INDEX 193