Open Directory - Society: Philosophy: Philosophy of History
See also: This category in other languages: - Brief introductory summary of the Philosophy of History. - Comparison between Jacques Maritain and Nicolas Berdyaev's Christian philosophy of history and their impact on the Christian views of history and of mankind's future. - Rando's blog, which includes a review of Danto, Gress and Collins's cultural philosophy of history - Links to documents containing Professor Little's application of the philosophy of science's approach to the philosophy of history. - Articles from authors following the method of objectivity. - Addresses the male-centric distortions in the main philosophies of history. - Summary of William McGaughey's "Five Epochs of Civilization", which splits history into four epochs each centered on a key communication technology. The fifth epoch is his prediction of the future. - Site attempts to explain the causes of historical social and cultural change, featuring articles about the discovery of agriculture, the invention of the steam engine, chemistry, and the nature of reality. - Essays on philosophy of history from the Proceedings of the Friesian School. Summaries of Asian and ancient European philosophies of history. - Robert Wright summarizes his book "Nonzero: The Logic Of Human Destiny", which uses game theory to develop a philosophy of history. - Summary of the historian Geoffrey Elton's philosophy of history. - Summarizes Hayden White's book "Metahistory: The Historical Imagination in Nineteenth Century Europe", which categories 19th Century historians and philosophers of history. - Hegel's philosophy of history from a historian's perspective. - George Burton Adams' presidential address to the American Historical Association in 1908. - Summary of the influential Muslim philosopher's work - in the context of his life experiences. - Universal principles of governance in history, based on the concept of individual and group identity, by H. B. Paksoy. - Al-Islam site's explanation of the (Shi'ite) Islamic philosophy of history. - Karl Popper's criticism of the belief that history is determined by rules. - Joseph Fell's summary of John William Miller's philosophy. - Summarizes the works of St. Augustine, Kant, Herder, Hegel, Marx, Spengler and Toynbee. - Paul Newall's contribution to the Galilean Library. Introductory summary of the subject. - A Russian site (in English) offering a listing of philosophy of history resources worldwide. - M.C. Lemon's introduction to the Philosophy of History, aimed at students of history. Published by the Questia Online Library. - Philosophy of history by Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar - founder of the Progressive Utilization Theory (PROUT) also known as Progressive Socialism. - Wikipedia entry for Francis Fukuyama's essay, which challenges the Marxist philosophy of history - Nathan Davis's "The next stage: society after capitalism", which modifies Historical Materialism to predict a future history. - Ludwig von Mises's book "Theory and History: An interpretation of social and economic evolution", which criticizes historicism, scientism and dialectical materialism. - E-text of lectures by George L. Anderson. - Brief introductory summary of the Philosophy of History.
