TY - BOOK AU - Paul,Herman TI - Key issues in historical theory SN - 9781138802735 U1 - 901 PY - 2015/// CY - New York, London PB - Routledge Taylor & Francis Group KW - History KW - Philosophy KW - Historiography N1 - "The present book is an adapted and improved version of the Dutch original (especially chapter 1 has been thoroughly revised)."; Includes bibliographical references and index; What is historical theory? -- What is the past? -- Relations with the past -- The material relation : rooted in the past -- The aesthetic relation : historical narratives -- The political relation : making history -- The epistemic relation (I) : historical hypotheses -- The epistemic relation (II) : historical explanations -- The epistemic relation (III) : truth and plausibility -- The moral relation : lessons from the past -- Relations management : the ethics of historical scholarship ER -