HIST-1106EL Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Nationstates, Coherence Theory, Harm Principle
13 Nov 2020
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Account of the past: correspondence theory = history is a true account of the past. Historical realism = the past exists independent of what we think of it. Concepts and theories employed in history have a historic reality: coherence theory = traces function as limits of interpretation, pragmatic = useful for a society or group. Historical anti-representationalism = truth within history is not possible (coherence, or meaningless truth) To find out the truth about the past. To try to understand where we came from. To try to understand why a particular event happened. Speculative (find patterns: linear theories = history is a process that unfolds towards a final goal, cyclical theories = similar pattern of growth, dominance and decay in all civilisations (toynbee) Critical (concepts, methods, theories: whose history, interest, significance, purpose, explanation/description, historical causes/laws, necessary, sufficient. History is no science: human factor: law particular event, law human factor, popper: history not a (closed) system as science.
