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  • Historicism, which is closely associated with holism, is the belief that history develops inexorably and necessarily according to certain principles or rules towards a determinate end (as for example in the dialectic of Hegel, which was adopted and implemented by Marx).

    Karl Popper Thornton, Stephen 2009

  • "Historicism in the service of moral and political complexity," as Scott characterizes Delbanco's approach, is not the same thing as historicism in the service of aesthetic complexity, or any other kind of aesthetic effect.

    The Biographical Fallacy 2009

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    How Unbiblical Was Darwin? How Pre-Scientific Is the Bible? James F. McGrath 2010

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    Is "The Bible Alone" an Oxymoron? James F. McGrath 2010

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    Around the Blogosphere James F. McGrath 2010

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    Already LOST James F. McGrath 2010

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    Mythicism and Paradigm Shifts James F. McGrath 2010

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    LOST: Playing the Game James F. McGrath 2010

  • Historicism was, on the basis of this assumption, to describe dazzlingly some more or less obscure feature of popular culture, often British Renaissance culture, and then to assert that this feature explained some piece of high culture, for example Shakespeare's

    Crossroads of Philosophy and Cultural Studies: Body, Context, Performativity, Community 2008

  • Mythicism and Historicism as Theories and an Alta...

    iPad Nano James F. McGrath 2010

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