On the historical explanation of unique
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James H. Fetzer
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Article
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1975
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Springer US
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English
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Among the intriguing issues over which philosophers and historians tend to disagree is the general character of historical explanations of events that are unique. Philosophers argue that every event is actually unique, but that any event may be explained, nevertheless, insofar as it happens to be on