[HISTORY 202] - Midterm Exam Guide - Ultimate 47 pages long Study Guide!
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When we are asked this question, our answer will reflect our own position in time and forms part of our answer to the broader question, what view we take of the society in which we live. For example, historians in the 19th century believed that history should only include facts because those are wanted in life. Most historians agreed with this mind set because their task was to show how it really was. they did not want to have to think for themselves. This worked with the empiricist tradition in british society because facts are independent of the person"s consciousness. The historians would have the facts available to them and took that information into whatever style he liked. What is a historical fact: common-sense view: there are certain basic facts which are the same for all historians and which form the backbone of history.
