Philosophy of Big History

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Result on the web
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Philosophy of Big History
Original language description
This entry aims to explore Big History, tries to determine its relation to historiography and sciences, and evaluates its narrative structure. Following the brief recapitulation of Big History idea and its history, the text proceeds by analyzing David Christian's recurrent saying that Big History is "a modern creation myth," revealing numerous philosophical assumptions about the project. The entry introduces common criticisms of Big History, revolving around its alleged misunderstanding of the essence of history or by highlighting the failiures of supposed predecessors of the idea. The final part explores the viability of Big History as a research programme and not only educational or narrative framework, by looking at other representatives or sympathisants of the Big History project.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
C - Chapter in a specialist book
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60301 - Philosophy, History and Philosophy of science and technology

Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Book/collection name
Bloomsbury Handbook of the Philosophy of the Historical Sciences and Big History
ISBN
978-1-3504-0919-4
Number of pages of the result
20
Pages from-to
17-36
Number of pages of the book
504
Publisher name
Bloomsbury Academic
Place of publication
London
UT code for WoS chapter
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