How History Is Constructed: Methods, the Use and Significance of Evidence, Truth and Causation
What this note covers
- The use and significance of evidence
- From Ranke to the empiricist tradition
- Carr, Elton and the problem of facts
- The postmodern challenge and the defence of truth
- Expanding methods beyond the document
- Certainty: a question you should expect
- Causation: explaining why things happened
7 sections · 15 key terms & formulas · 7 common mistakes
Common questions
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This note has 7 sections on How History Is Constructed: Methods, the Use and Significance of Evidence, Truth and Causation. It includes 15 key terms and formulas, plus 7 common mistakes. It covers Key questions, Key question: How has history been constructed, recorded and presented in different eras?. The full section list is shown under “What this note covers”.
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