HIST-1106EL Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Nationstates, Eurocentrism
8 Nov 2020
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Mccullagh"s discussion: the world (has) exists independently of our perceptions clean divide between knower (historian) and the known (history). This implies that a historical account can be regarded as more than simply one person"s present-day perspective on what the original sources might suggest. It is to assume that historians are able to use documents as. Evidence" of social realities which it is reasonable to believe really existed: we can usually explain why particular people in the past acted as they did. Sometimes these explanations will describe a person acting rationally in accordance with their desires, beliefs and values. (at other times someone"s behaviour will be described as irrational, and thus beyond explanation as such). In still more cases, a person"s action might be explained with reference to social or cultural roles and norms. Thee 5 assumptions enable historians to believe that the quest to discover what happened in the past is a practical goal.
