Karl,
I didn't mean to suggest that I thought the most fruitful approach is to be
found in philosophy, only that Philosophy was my latest 'port of call'. For
instance, _Truth and historicity_ by Richard Campbell (Oxford : Clarendon
Press, 1992) does give a nice historical survey of philosophical approaches
to truth. Bt I agree that there is much in historical sociology of use in
researching this topic.
I am actually looking at both history and historiography in this project,
though with the emphasis on the former. In the period I am examining (ca.
1897-1939) there was a tendency by professional historians to marginalize or
ignore certain categories of people, hence in itself leading to a certain
"not telling" of their histories.
cheers
Peter
At 08:23 PM 4/05/99 +0100, you wrote:
>
>This may seem horribly obvious but it seems to me that rather than a
>philosophical approach, the most fruitful approaches to this topic are to
>be found in sociology, especially the sociology of knowledge (by which I;m
>not referring to SSK).
>
>When you said 'in history', do you mean in the past or in History the
>discipline?
>
>With best wishes,
>
>Karl
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