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On a Ghost of Historiography Past
- Leonardo
- The MIT Press
- Volume 21, Number 1, January 1988
- pp. 76-78
- Article
- Additional Information
Prompted by a recent debate in this journal over Zeitgeist historiography, the author supports the position of Linda Dalrymple Henderson that only a causal connection between art and science is a valid methodological position. Drawing on some specific historical case studies, the author presents several arguments against Zeitgeist historiography.