Utility, Reason and Rhetoric: James Mill's Metaphor of the Historian as Judge
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DOI: 10.1017/s0953820819000232
Abstract: James Mill's History of British India (1817) made a rather strange claim: first-hand experience of India was not vital in writing a history – potentially, it led to false ideas about its subject-matter: eyewitnesses are… read more here.
Keywords: utility reason; judge; reason rhetoric; james mill ... See more keywords