Historical Causation: Is One Thing More Important Than Another?
Branch Lecture Podcast
By Prof. Steve Rigby, Professor of Medieval Social and Economic History at the University of Manchester, published 15th December 2010
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WHAT COLOUR ARE THE UNICORNS?
Professor Steve Rigby, recently retired from the University of Manchester, delivered ‘Historical Causation: Is One Thing More Important Than Another?' to the Bolton Branch of the Historical Association on 29th November 2010. His lecture gives a fascinating introduction to the philosophy of historical causation, looking at the views of Marxist and non-Marxist historians, and those of John Stuart Mill. It also addresses the implications of theories of historical causation on the way history is taught to students
Attached files:
- Causality Podcast 1
32.53 MB MP3 file - Causality Podcast 2
27.3 MB MP3 file - Causality Podcast 3
25.43 MB MP3 file