HIST-1106EL Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Coherence Theory, Narwhal, Telling Stories
13 Nov 2020
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Arnold chapter 7: in his last chapter arnold reflects on truth claims, explain what he means on p. 115 that truth depends on context and consensus. Truth is grounding in meaning and perception: subjective (dependent on the observer, the hardened detective: demanding of the sources which one is lying?". History of science, no imagination or insight. Truth that is based on inert facts and prosaic reality": objective (independent of the observer) Cannot really choose between one of the two, but with the last one it is like you"re in a law process decision by the jury which account is right" and wrong". But what is possible in history, unlike law, is that the same case" could be re-tried many times. Relativism does not directly lead to absolute relativism. : with the holocaust, there is so much evidence that it did happen, but there might be some people who say: it did not happen.
