HI 300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Independent Clause, Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences, Semicolon
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Historical facts can only be pieced together through primary sources. Primary sources must be questioned based on what we know from secondary sources and other primary sources. It is an effort to give meaning to historical facts. The process informs all aspects of historical inquiry: Development of hypothesis that guides research and helps the historian assess and classify the available evidence and to present and detailed and coherent account of the subject. The historian must respect the facts, avoid ignorance and error as far as possible and create a convincing intellectually satisfying interpretation. Arguments that may appear to be valid, but they actual compromise the argument itself. Some of these are hasty generalizations, weak analogies, false causes and false dichotomies. The central argument, the answer to the main research questions in 2-3 sentences. Explain the change in terms of its historical significance. Should be based on evidence presented in the paper. Use of passive voice (instead, identify the historical actors)
