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Overview
Overview
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.
- Format: Hardcover
- Author: Henige, David
- ISBN: 9780299214104
- Condition: Used
- Dimensions: 9.34 x 0.99
- Number Of Pages: 340
- Publication Year: 2007
Language:
English
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