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- Author: David Henige
- Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
- ISBN-10: 0299214109
- ISBN-13: 9780299214104
- Format: 15.6 x 23.7 x 2.5 cm, kieti viršeliai
- Language: English
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Historians know about the past because they examine the evidence. But what exactly is "evidence," how do historians know what it means--and how can we trust them to get it right? Historian David Henige tackles such questions of historical reliability head-on in his skeptical, unsparing, and acerbically witty Historical Evidence and Argument. "Systematic doubt" is his watchword, and he practices what he preaches through a variety of insightful assessments of historical controversies--for example, over the dating of artifacts and the textual analysis of translated documents. Skepticism, Henige contends, forces us to recognize the limits of our knowledge, but is also a positive force that stimulates new scholarship to counter it.
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- Author: David Henige
- Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
- ISBN-10: 0299214109
- ISBN-13: 9780299214104
- Format: 15.6 x 23.7 x 2.5 cm, kieti viršeliai
- Language: English English
Historians know about the past because they examine the evidence. But what exactly is "evidence," how do historians know what it means--and how can we trust them to get it right? Historian David Henige tackles such questions of historical reliability head-on in his skeptical, unsparing, and acerbically witty Historical Evidence and Argument. "Systematic doubt" is his watchword, and he practices what he preaches through a variety of insightful assessments of historical controversies--for example, over the dating of artifacts and the textual analysis of translated documents. Skepticism, Henige contends, forces us to recognize the limits of our knowledge, but is also a positive force that stimulates new scholarship to counter it.
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