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Behan McCullagh
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Behan McCullagh retired
recently as associate professor and reader in philosophy, and is now an
Honorary Associate in philosophy at La Trobe University, Melbourne. His
principal research interest has been the analysis of historical
knowledge and
understanding. This has involved studying theories of action,
rationality,
causation, objectivity, realism, symbols and metaphors, narrative and
interpretation. Recently he has
started investigating the value of historical knowledge. He has also
published
occasional papers in theology and philosophy of religion. McCullagh’s
books
include Justifying Historical Descriptions (Cambridge University Press, 1984); The
Truth of History
(Routledge, 1998); and The Logic of History (Routledge, 2004). He has published
extensively in History and Theory as well as
in other journals including Mind, The Monist, Social Science
Information,
Clio, Philosophy of the Social Sciences and Theology. McCullagh
graduated B.A. (Hons.) from Sydney University in 1958, and M.A., Ph.D.
from
Cambridge in 1965. His history tutor and director of studies at Clare
College
was Sir Geoffrey Elton, and his Ph.D. was supervised by Sir Herbert
Butterfield. After graduating, he was a lecturer in history at the
University
of Melbourne for several years before joining the philosophy department
at La
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For more information, contact: Donald
Yerxa, yerxad@bu.edu
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