Sentence:  A similar story can be told for White's <WSD>tropology</WSD>. <WSD>Tropology</WSD> also is something that “the mind brings” to (past) reality and that is not part of the past itself. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  The interpretation of scripture or other work in order to educe moral or figurative meaning; a treatise of such interpretation.