If you don't think explicitly about big history, you are condemned to making all kinds of assumptions that may be unfruitful, counterproductive, or j… - Stephen Gaukroger
" "If you don't think explicitly about big history, you are condemned to making all kinds of assumptions that may be unfruitful, counterproductive, or just plain ignorant. It is something that every historian has to think about at some stage, and it distinguishes history from antiquarianism.
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About Stephen Gaukroger
(born 9 July 1950) is a British philosopher and intellectual historian.
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Stephen Wallace Gaukroger
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