interpretation overlaying them—on the contrary, the universality of the hermeneutical problem in all knowledge is emphasised. But it is essential to come to grips with the way the developments in epistemology discussed in chapter 1 have their counterparts in the variety of understandings of history. Further, ‘historical reference’ is then interpreted more widely to include extratextual background of various kinds and more epistemological issues arise in that context. We then take the opportunity
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