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This is a list of historians categorized by their area of study. See also [[History]] for overview of historiography
This is a list of historians categorized by their area of study. See also [[History]] for overview of historiography
==[[Historiography]]==
==[[Historiography]]==
*[[Marc Bloch]], a leader of ther See [[Annales School]]
*[[Marc Bloch]], a leader of the [[Annales School]]
*[[Fernand Braudel]], a leader of ther See [[Annales School]]
*[[Fernand Braudel]], a leader of the [[Annales School]]
*[[Herbert Butterfield]]<ref> See []</ref>
*[[Herbert Butterfield]], ''Whig Interpretation of History''  <ref> C.T. McIntire, ''Herbert Butterfield'' (2004) [http://www.amazon.com/Herbert-Butterfield-C-T-McIntire/dp/0300098073/ref=pd_bbs_sr_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1209949427&sr=1-3 excerpt and text search]</ref>
*[[Edward H. Carr]]<ref> See []</ref>
*[[R. G. Collingwood]]<ref> See []</ref>
*[[R. G. Collingwood]]<ref> See []</ref>
*[[Geoffrey Elton]]<ref> See []</ref>
*[[Geoffrey Elton]]<ref> See []</ref>
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*[[Pieter Geyl]]<ref> Pieter Geyl, ''The Revolt of the Netherlands: 1555-1609'' (1958) [http://www.questia.com/read/98720656?title=The%20Revolt%20of%20the%20Netherlands%20(1555-1609) online edition]</ref>
*[[Pieter Geyl]]<ref> Pieter Geyl, ''The Revolt of the Netherlands: 1555-1609'' (1958) [http://www.questia.com/read/98720656?title=The%20Revolt%20of%20the%20Netherlands%20(1555-1609) online edition]</ref>
*[[J. H. Hexter]]<ref> See [http://www.amazon.com/Reappraisals-History-Society-Modern-Europe/dp/0226332330/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1198207797&sr=1-2]</ref>
*[[J. H. Hexter]]<ref> See [http://www.amazon.com/Reappraisals-History-Society-Modern-Europe/dp/0226332330/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1198207797&sr=1-2]</ref>
*[[Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie]], a leader of ther See [[Annales School]]
*[[Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie]], a leader of the [[Annales School]]
*[[Leopold von Ranke]], leading German historian
*[[Leopold von Ranke]], leading German historian
*[[Hayden White]] (1928- )<ref> See [http://www.amazon.com/Metahistory-Historical-Imagination-Nineteenth-Century-Europe/dp/0801817617/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1198207684&sr=1-2] and [http://www.amazon.com/Content-Form-Narrative-Historical-Representation/dp/0801841151/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1198207684&sr=1-1]</ref>
*[[Hayden White]] (1928- )<ref> See [http://www.amazon.com/Metahistory-Historical-Imagination-Nineteenth-Century-Europe/dp/0801817617/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1198207684&sr=1-2] and [http://www.amazon.com/Content-Form-Narrative-Historical-Representation/dp/0801841151/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1198207684&sr=1-1]</ref>
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==World history==
==World history==
see [[World history]]
see [[World history]]
*[[Francis Fukuyama]] (1952- ) ''The End of History and the Last Man'' (1992) *[[William H. McNeill]] (born 1917) ''The Rise of the West: A History of the Human Community'' (1965)  
*[[Francis Fukuyama]] (1952- ) ''[[The End of History and the Last Man]]'' (1992)
*[[William H. McNeill]] (born 1917) ''The Rise of the West: A History of the Human Community'' (1965)  
*[[Pitirim Sorokin]] (1889-1968), Russian-American macrosociology; ''Social and Cultural Dynamics'' (4 vol., 1937–41)<ref> B. V. Johnston, ''Pitirim A. Sorokin an Intelellectual Biography'' (1995)</ref>  
*[[Pitirim Sorokin]] (1889-1968), Russian-American macrosociology; ''Social and Cultural Dynamics'' (4 vol., 1937–41)<ref> B. V. Johnston, ''Pitirim A. Sorokin an Intelellectual Biography'' (1995)</ref>  
*[[Oswald Spengler]], German;  ''Decline of the West'' (1918-22)
*[[Oswald Spengler]], German;  ''Decline of the West'' (1918-22)
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==[[Ancient history]]==
==[[Ancient history]]==
* see also [[Ancient Rome > Bibliography]]
* see also [[Ancient Rome/Bibliography]]
*[[Thucydides]]
*[[Thucydides]]
*[[Xenophon]]
*[[Xenophon]]
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* Rev. [[F. X. Martin]] (Irish) - Mediævalist and campaigner
* Rev. [[F. X. Martin]] (Irish) - Mediævalist and campaigner
*[[Rosamond McKitterick]] - Frankish and Carolingian history
*[[Rosamond McKitterick]] - Frankish and Carolingian history
*[[Henri Pirenne]] (1862-1935) - the "Pirenne Thesis" of early Medieval development
*[[Henri Pirenne]] (1862-1935) - the "Pirenne Thesis" downplays barbarian invasions and emphasizes role of Islam<ref> Kenneth W. Frank, "Pirenne Again: A Muslim Viewpoint," ''The History Teacher,'' Vol. 26, No. 3 (May, 1993), pp. 371-383 [http://www.jstor.org/pss/494667 in JSTOR]
*[[Eileen Power]] - Middle Ages
</ref> 
*[[Eileen Power]]  
*[[Miri Rubin]] -  religion
*[[Miri Rubin]] -  religion
*[[Stephen Runciman]] (1903&ndash;2000) - the Crusades
*[[Stephen Runciman]] (1903&ndash;2000) - the Crusades
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*[[Stephen Ambrose]] (1936-2002) - Biographer of Eisenhower, Nixon; military history
*[[Stephen Ambrose]] (1936-2002) - Biographer of Eisenhower, Nixon; military history
*[[Thomas A. Bailey]], diplomatic
*[[Thomas A. Bailey]], diplomatic
*[[Bernard Bailyn]], Revolution
*[[Bernard Bailyn]], Revolution, colonial
*[[George Bancroft]] (1800-1891) - colonial and Revolution
*[[George Bancroft]] (1800-1891) - colonial and Revolution
*[[Charles A. Beard]] (1874-1948) economic interpretation
*[[Charles A. Beard]] (1874-1948) - economic interpretation <ref> Beard had two highly influential books, ''Economic Interpretation of the Constitution'' (1913), and "Rise of American Civilization'' (1927, with Mary Beard); see Kent Blaser, "The Rise of American Civilization and the Contemporary Crisis in American Historiography," ''The History Teacher,'' Vol. 26, No. 1 (Nov., 1992), pp. 71-90 [http://www.jstor.org/pss/494087 in JSTOR]</ref>
*[[Alan Brinkley]] - 1930s, conservatism
*[[Alan Brinkley]] - 1930s, conservatism
*[[William Cronon]] - environmental history  
*[[William Cronon]] - environmental history  
*[[John Hope Franklin]] - African Americans
*[[John Hope Franklin]] - African Americans
*[[Milton Friedman]], monetary history
*[[Milton Friedman]], monetary history
*[[John A. Garraty]], biography, political
*[[John A. Garraty]], biography, politics
* [[Richard Hildreth]], politics to 1840
* [[Richard Hildreth]], politics to 1840
*[[Richard Hofstadter]] (1916-1970) - Progessivism and U.S. political history
*[[Richard Hofstadter]] (1916-1970) - Progressivism, politics, historiography
* [[Russell Kirk]], conservative ideas
* [[Russell Kirk]], conservative ideas
* [[Arthur S. Link]], Woodrow Wilson
* [[Arthur S. Link]], Woodrow Wilson
* [[Seymour Martin Lipset]], political sociology of movements
* [[Seymour Martin Lipset]], political sociology of movements
*[[David McCullough]] (1933- ) -  popular biographies of Harry Truman, Teddy Roosevelt, John Adams
*[[David McCullough]] (1933- ) -  popular biographies of Harry Truman, Teddy Roosevelt, John Adams
*[[Forrest McDonald]], political history
*[[Forrest McDonald]], political history, presidents
*[[Edmund Morgan]], colonial and Revolution
*[[Edmund Morgan]], colonial and Revolution
*[[David Nasaw]] - biography  
*[[David Nasaw]] - biography  
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*[[Arthur Schlesinger Sr.]], social history
*[[Arthur Schlesinger Sr.]], social history
*[[Arthur Schlesinger Jr.]], political history, biography
*[[Arthur Schlesinger Jr.]], political history, biography
*[[Frederick Jackson Turner]] (1861-1932) - Developed the [[Frontier Thesis]] and sectionalism thesis
*[[Frederick Jackson Turner]] (1861-1932) - [[Frontier Thesis]] and sectionalism thesis
*[[Frank Vandiver]], military
*[[Frank Vandiver]], military
*[[C. Vann Woodward]] (1908-1999) - South after 1877
*[[C. Vann Woodward]] (1908-1999) - South after 1877
*[[Howard Zinn]] (1922- ) - Left
*[[Howard Zinn]] (1922-2010) - Left


====Civil War and Reconstruction====
====Civil War and Reconstruction====
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*[[Walter Lynwood Fleming]]
*[[Walter Lynwood Fleming]]
*[[Charles W. Ramsdell]]
*[[Charles W. Ramsdell]]


==Latin America==
==Latin America==
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*[[Gordon Wright]], World War II
*[[Gordon Wright]], World War II


===[[Britain]]===
===[[Belgium, history]]===
* [[Henri Pirenne]] (1862-1935)<ref> F. M. Powicke, "Henri Pirenne," ''The English Historical Review,'' Vol. 51, No. 201 (Jan., 1936), pp. 79-89  [http://www.jstor.org/pss/552764 in JSTOR]</ref>
 
===[[United Kingdom]]===
* Venerable [[Bede]] (672 &ndash; 735)
* Venerable [[Bede]] (672 &ndash; 735)
*[[Geoffrey of Monmouth]] (died circa 1154)  
*[[Geoffrey of Monmouth]] (died circa 1154)  
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* [[John Lingard]]<ref> John Lingard, ''The History of England,'' (1850), [http://books.google.com/books?id=jp4gAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:john+inauthor:lingard&lr=&num=30&as_brr=1  online edition]</ref>
* [[John Lingard]]<ref> John Lingard, ''The History of England,'' (1850), [http://books.google.com/books?id=jp4gAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:john+inauthor:lingard&lr=&num=30&as_brr=1  online edition]</ref>
*[[John Edward Lloyd]] (1861-1947) - Early Welsh history
*[[John Edward Lloyd]] (1861-1947) - Early Welsh history
*[[Lewis Bernstein Namier]] - 18c politics, 20c diplomacy
*[[Lewis Namier]] (1888-1960)- 18c politics, 20c diplomacy, prospography<ref> See Linda Colley, ''Lewis Namier'' (1989). </ref>
*[[Andrew Roberts]], modern British history.
*[[Samuel Rawson Gardiner]] (1929-1902) -- Civil War<ref> See J. S. A. Adamson, "Eminent Victorians: S. R. Gardiner and the Liberal as Hero." ''Historical Journal'' 1990 33(3): 641-657. [http://www.jstor.org/stable/2639735  in Jstor] </ref>
*[[A. L. Rowse]] (1903-1997) Elizabethan England
*[[Andrew Roberts]] (1963- ), political and military
*[[A. L. Rowse]] (1903-1997) Elizabethan  
*[[John Robert Seeley]] (1834-1895)
*[[John Robert Seeley]] (1834-1895)
*[[David Starkey]] (born 1945) - Tudor
*[[David Starkey]] (born 1945) - Tudor
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*[[Hugh Trevor-Roper]],  17th century
*[[Hugh Trevor-Roper]],  17th century
*[[C. V. Wedgwood]] (1910-1997), Glorious Revolution  
*[[C. V. Wedgwood]] (1910-1997), Glorious Revolution  
====[[Ireland, history]]====
====[[History of Ireland]]====
*[[R. F. Foster]]<ref> see [http://www.amazon.com/Modern-Ireland-1600-1972-Penguin-history/dp/0140132503/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1198042412&sr=1-7]</ref>  
*[[R. F. Foster]]<ref> see [http://www.amazon.com/Modern-Ireland-1600-1972-Penguin-history/dp/0140132503/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1198042412&sr=1-7]</ref>  




===Czech historians===
===Czech historians===
*[[Bohuslav Balbín]] (1621-88)
*Bohuslav Balbín (1621-88)
*[[Gelasius Dibner]] (1719-1790)
*Gelasius Dibner (1719-1790)
*[[Josef Dobrofský]] (1753-1829)
*Josef Dobrofský (1753-1829)
*[[František Palacký]] (1798-1876) - 5 vol history to 1526
*František Palacký (1798-1876) - 5 vol history to 1526
*[[Jaroslav Goll]] (1846-1929) - leader of scientific school
*Jaroslav Goll (1846-1929) - leader of scientific school
*[[Václav Novotný]] )1869-1932) -Hussites
*Václav Novotný )1869-1932) -Hussites
*[[Josef Pekař]] (1870-1937), social and economic
*Josef Pekař (1870-1937), social and economic


===[[France, history]]===
===[[France, history]]===
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*[[Henry Friedlander]]
*[[Henry Friedlander]]
*[[Saul Friedländer]]
*[[Saul Friedländer]]
*[[Daniel Goldhagen]]
*[[Daniel Jonah Goldhagen]]
*[[Raul Hilberg]]
*[[Raul Hilberg]]
*[[Michael Marrus]]
*[[Michael Marrus]]
*[[Hans Mommsen]]
*[[Hans Mommsen]]
*[[R. J. Rummel]]
*[[R. J. Rummel]]


====[[Italy, history]]====
====[[Italy, history]]====
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====[[Russia, history]]====
====[[Russia, history]]====
*[[M. I. Rostovtzeff]] (1870-1952) early <ref> See [http://members.tripod.com/~Kekrops/Hellenistic_Files/Rostovtzeff.html]</ref>
*[[M. I. Rostovtzeff]] (1870-1952) early <ref> See [http://members.tripod.com/~Kekrops/Hellenistic_Files/Rostovtzeff.html]</ref>
*[[Nicholas Bethell]]
*[[E. H. Carr]] (1892-1982) ''A History of Soviet Russia,''  (14 vol 1950-1978)<ref> See Michael Cox, , ed., ''E.H. Carr: a critical appraisal,'' (2000)</ref>
*[[Robert Conquest]] 20c
*[[Robert Conquest]] 20c
*[[Leopold Labedz]]
*[[Leopold Labedz]] (1920-93)
*[[Roy Medvedev]] Stalin
*[[Roy Medvedev]] Stalin
*[[Richard Pipes]] - 20c
*[[Richard Pipes]] - 20c
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* [[Jan Shipps]]
* [[Jan Shipps]]


====[[History of the Papacy|The Papacy]]====
====[[Papacy]]====
*[[Ludwig von Pastor]], wrote 40 volume history of the popes  
*[[Ludwig von Pastor]], wrote 40 volume history of the popes


==[[Marxist]]==
==[[Marxist]]==
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*[[Odd Arne Westad]] - Professor at the [[London School of Economics]]
*[[Odd Arne Westad]] - Professor at the [[London School of Economics]]
* [[Ernest Llewellyn Woodward]], (1890-1971)
* [[Ernest Llewellyn Woodward]], (1890-1971)
===History of philosophy===
* [[Jonathan Barnes]]
* [[Frederick Copleston]]
* [[Martial Guéroult]]
* [[Anthony Kenny]]
* [[Bertrand Russell]]


==History of science and technology==
==History of science and technology==

Revision as of 16:25, 29 February 2024


This is a list of historians categorized by their area of study. See also History for overview of historiography

Historiography

World history

see World history

Ancient history

Medieval history

Modern history

Canada, history

Caribbean

U.S., History

Civil War and Reconstruction

Neoabolitionist

Dunning School

Latin America

Brazil

Europe

Belgium, history

United Kingdom

History of Ireland


Czech historians

  • Bohuslav Balbín (1621-88)
  • Gelasius Dibner (1719-1790)
  • Josef Dobrofský (1753-1829)
  • František Palacký (1798-1876) - 5 vol history to 1526
  • Jaroslav Goll (1846-1929) - leader of scientific school
  • Václav Novotný )1869-1932) -Hussites
  • Josef Pekař (1870-1937), social and economic

France, history

Annales School

outside France

Germany, history

20th century scholars in Germany

outside Germany

Holocaust

Italy, history

Netherlands, history


Norway


Poland

Russia, history

Slovenia, history

Spain, history

Serbia

The Middle East

Asia

China, history

Korea, history

India, history

Japan, history

Australia, history

Religion

Christianity

Lutheranism

Mormonism

Papacy

Marxist

Art history

Economic history


Military History

Espionage

Maritime history

History of ideas

History of international relations

History of philosophy

History of science and technology

notes

  1. C.T. McIntire, Herbert Butterfield (2004) excerpt and text search
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  5. Pieter Geyl, The Revolt of the Netherlands: 1555-1609 (1958) online edition
  6. See [1]
  7. See [2] and [3]
  8. B. V. Johnston, Pitirim A. Sorokin an Intelellectual Biography (1995)
  9. William H. McNeill, Arnold J. Toynbee: A Life (1990)
  10. Jeffrey C. Herndon, Eric Voegelin and the Problem of Christian Political Order (2007) excerpt and text search
  11. see excerpt and text search
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  17. Kenneth W. Frank, "Pirenne Again: A Muslim Viewpoint," The History Teacher, Vol. 26, No. 3 (May, 1993), pp. 371-383 in JSTOR
  18. Beard had two highly influential books, Economic Interpretation of the Constitution (1913), and "Rise of American Civilization (1927, with Mary Beard); see Kent Blaser, "The Rise of American Civilization and the Contemporary Crisis in American Historiography," The History Teacher, Vol. 26, No. 1 (Nov., 1992), pp. 71-90 in JSTOR
  19. F. M. Powicke, "Henri Pirenne," The English Historical Review, Vol. 51, No. 201 (Jan., 1936), pp. 79-89 in JSTOR
  20. James Anthony. Froude, History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Defeat of the Spanish Armada (1856) 10 vol complete text online
  21. David Hume, The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Cæsar to the Abdication of James II, 1688 (6 vols, 1754-1762). online edition
  22. John Lingard, The History of England, (1850), online edition
  23. See Linda Colley, Lewis Namier (1989).
  24. See J. S. A. Adamson, "Eminent Victorians: S. R. Gardiner and the Liberal as Hero." Historical Journal 1990 33(3): 641-657. in Jstor
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  38. Petrus Johannes Blok. History of the People of the Netherlands (5 vol 1898-1912) part 1 to 1500, online from Google; part 2 to 1559. online from Google; part 3: The War with Spain 1559-162, online from Google; part 4 on Golden Age online from Google; online edition from Google, vol 5 on 18th and 19th century
  39. J. C. H. Blom, and E. Lamberts, eds. History of the Low Countries (2006) 504pp excerpt and text search; also complete edition online
  40. Pieter Geyl, The Revolt of the Netherlands: 1555-1609 (1958) online edition
  41. Peter Burke, "Historians and Their Times: Huizinga, Prophet of 'Blood and Roses.'" History Today 1986 36(Nov): 23-28. Issn: 0018-2753 Fulltext: EBSCO; William U. Bouwsma, "The Waning of the Middle Ages by Johan Huizinga." Daedalus 1974 103(1): 35-43. Issn: 0011-5266; R. L. Colie, "Johan Huizinga and the Task of Cultural History." American Historical Review 1964 69(3): 607-630 in JSTOR; Robert Anchor, "History and Play: Johan Huizinga and His Critics," History and Theory, Vol. 17, No. 1 (Feb., 1978), pp. 63-93 in JSTOR
  42. Jonathan Israel, The Dutch Republic: Its Rise, Greatness, and Fall, 1477-1806 (1995) complete online edition; also excerpt and text search
  43. J. C. H. Blom, "Ludovico Locuto, Porta Aperta: Enige Notities over Deel XII En XIII Van L. De Jongs Koninkrijk Der Nederlanden in De Tweede Wereldoorlog." [After Louis Spoke, Everything Was Clear: Some Notes on Volumes 12 and 13 of Louis De Jong's Kingdom of the Netherlands in World War Ii]. Bijdragen En Mededelingen Betreffende De Geschiedenis Der Nederlanden 1990 105(2): 244-264. Issn: 0165-0505 review of a great masterpiece.
  44. John Lothrop Motley, The Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1555-84 (2 vol. 1856) Gutenberg editions online and History of the United Netherlands, 1584-1609 (4 vol., 1860–67) Gutenberg editions online For a criticism of Motler see Robert Wheaton, "Motley and the Dutch Historians." New England Quarterly 1962 35(3): 318-336. in Jstor
  45. A. C. Otto, "Theorie En Praktijk in De Theoretische Geschiedenis Van Jan Romein" [Theory and Practice in the "Theoretical History" of Jan Romein]. Theoretische Geschiedenis 1994 21(3): 257-270. Issn: 0167-8310
  46. See Arthur van Riel, "Review: Rethinking the Economic History of the Dutch Republic: The Rise and Decline of Economic Modernity Before the Advent of Industrialized Growth," The Journal of Economic History, Vol. 56, No. 1 (Mar., 1996), pp. 223-229 in JSTOR
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  48. See Michael Cox, , ed., E.H. Carr: a critical appraisal, (2000)
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  76. Arthur O. Lovejoy, The Great Chain of Being: A Study of the History of an Idea. (1936); John P. Diggins, "Arthur O. Lovejoy and the Challenge of Intellectual History," Journal of the History of Ideas Volume 67, Number 1, January 2006, pp. 181-208 in Project Muse; Daniel J. Wilson, Arthur O. Lovejoy and the Quest for Intelligibility (1980)
  77. John P. Diggins, The Lost Soul of American Politics: Virtue, Self-Interest, and the Foundations of Liberalism (1984)
  78. J. G. A. Pocock, The Machiavellian Moment: Florentine Political Thought and the Atlantic Tradition (1975).
  79. Quentin Skinner, "Meaning and Understanding in the History of Ideas," History & Theory 8 (1969): 3–53.
  80. Thomas S. Kuhn, The Copernican Revolution (1957); Kuhn, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. (1962, 1970); Steven Fuller, Thomas Kuhn: A Philosophical History for Our Times (2000)
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