Title: The certainty of doubt : tributes to Peter Munz /
Authors: Fairburn, Miles.; Oliver, W. H. 1925-; Munz, Peter, 1921-
Publisher: Victoria University Press,
Year: 1996
Subjects: Munz, Peter,; History Philosophy; Historiography; Knowledge, Theory of
Abstract: "Essays ... written by Peter Munz's friends and colleagues to celebrate his 75th birthday ... themes ... [include] history, the philosophy of history, the philosophy of science and the problems of knowledge ... reflect[ing] ... Munz's intellectual interests and achievements"--Back cover.
Contents: Personal memoirs (A personal tribute / J.L. Roberts -- Petrus contra mundum / W.H. Oliver -- The tennis court oath / Harvey Franklin -- Ourselves when young / John O'Shea -- Stages of the symbol / Paul Hoffmann) -- History (Cassian : monastery & world / Philip Rousseau -- The peace of silence : Thucydides & the English Civil War / Jonathan H. Scott -- Enthusiasm : the antiself of enlightenment / J.G.A. Pocock -- Historical method and Waitangi Tribunal claims / Alan Ward) -- Historiography (Backing into modernity : the dilemma of Richard Hooker / J.C. Davis -- "The debate, at heart, is about evolution" / Derek Freeman -- Visco's New science & New Zealand history / R.J. Tristram) -- Epistemology (On Popperian pillars: the relationship between the thought of Munz & Popper / Friedel Weinert -- The marriage of design and selection in the evolution of cultural artefacts / John Ziman -- Peter Munz and the scourge of relativism / I.C. Jarvie.