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Sources Of Knowledge Points Of View
1,565 words"Three Tests of Truth" Philosophy Essay -word count: 1, 528 In a court of law expert witnesses are required to demonstrate the truth "beyond reasonable doubt." This is difficult for a 'knower', such as a historian, to be able to assert this at the witness stand. Let's say that a young couple has just been married. The young couple stays together for a couple of months before they break up. When the two individually write reports on why the divorce is necessary, the judge is confused about the di...
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The Importance Of Bias In History
848 wordsBias plays a weighty role in history and in historiography and without it the study of history would not be where it is today One- sidedness lies at the heart of history 1. In saying this however bias distorts the truth, creates a preset agenda, can create untrue facts and destroys the role of history in the development of political institutions and decisions. Bias does however play a small advantageous role in history, it allows for historians to study the perspectives of various individuals, t...
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Age Of Sixty Time To Time
5,639 wordsThis is an end-piece to my autobiography, but it contains all sort sof useful material for anyone writing either an autobiography or a biography. I have placed this essay under 'creative writing' because it is (a) a good example of personal / creative writing and (b) it could be useful to all sorts of people writing on all sorts of topics. ADDENDUM OR EPILOGUE Having completed my autobiography or, at least, completed a fifth edition in a form that is satisfactory to me in the first two volumes a...
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Western Hemisphere Peace Conference
1,409 wordsIn the never-ending human quest of knowledge and truth, there is one certainty which serves as the foundation for all intellectual growth and progress. This certainty is that in life, and therefore in the intellectual outpourings of mankind, there lies a certain degree of bias. Although one who professes to be conscious of this bias attempts to remove it, this can never be done. The reason is very simple. Any new knowledge gained by an individual is gained usually through logical proof of a fact...
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Haidar Ali And Tipu Sultan
2,386 wordsHaidar Ali and Tipu Sultan The book Confronting Colonialism: Resistance and Modernization under Haider Ali and Tipu Sultan by Irfan Habib is a compilation of essays devoted to Mysore under Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan. It is part of the remembrance of the second centenary of Tipu's last stand against the British at Srirangapatnam observed by the Indian History Congress. The idea, one assumes, is to underline the need to research the historical space inhabited by the two rulers, and to make a more u...
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Is Justified True Belief Knowledge Part 2
1,506 words... the fact that though these are universal and widely accepted truths, they are not based on any evidence or facts. ). Whether the faith be Islam, Christianity, Buddhism, or even atheism, each person categorized in one of these subjects must have an arrogance in their faith otherwise there would be no innovation or movement in this world today. People would find no reason to look for new knowledge and further advancement. In other words, people must have strong beliefs through faith, and it is...
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Is Justified True Belief Knowledge
2,711 wordsIs Justified True Belief Knowledge? It is quite often said that Pontius Pilate, the man who asked: what is truth, never stayed for an answer. This is from the mere reason that if he would have stayed he would have been waiting until this very day. The truth is constructed of many parts of our existence including language, conscience, knowledge and belief and a complete answer for his question would be far too complicated. In todays society most of these factors are often ignored and the definiti...
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Vice Versa Historical Facts
4,507 wordsEdward Hallett Carrs contribution to the study of Soviet history is widely regarded as highly distinguished. In all probability very few would argue against this assessment of his multi-volume history of Soviet Russia. For the majority of historians he pretty much got the story straight. However, for several years there was disagreement about his contribution to the analytical philosophy of history. His ideas were outlined in What is History? first published in 1961. For many today What is Histo...
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Didn Acute T First World War
3,123 wordsHistory GCSE Coursework Question 1 Study sources A, B and c. Use your knowledge of the First World War to explain which two posters were published before 1916, and which one was published after 1916. You must give reasons for your answer. The sources A and B were produced before 1916 and C was produced afterwards. Source C is an American poster and these wouldn´ t have been needed before 1916, as America did not join the war until 1917. Joining the army before 1917 when conscription had no...
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Founding Fathers Pulitzer Prize
2,845 wordsWORKS of philosophy can last for millennia, novels for centuries. Works of history, if theyre really good, survive maybe a generation. But Richard Hofstadter's The American Political Tradition: And the Men Who Made It is now celebrating its fiftieth year in print and remains a solid backlist seller. High school students, undergraduates, and graduate students read it, as do lay readers. Journalists grab it off the shelf when they need to pepper a column with a dash of historical authority. Academ...
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Show The Reader Historical Truth
1,399 wordsMike Pro chaska US History Seminar September 23, 1999 In Defense of History, was written in 1997 by Richard J. Evans, a history professor at Cambridge University, that defends history from the postmodernist theories that believe that historical truth can not be found. In this book he also attacks other historians like E. H. Carr to show why he believes the postmodern view is wrong. Richard Evans also shows how the study of history has been a progression over time. Richard Evans started out talki...
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Second World War Battle Of Stalingrad
1,801 wordsSources Question: The German Surrender At Stalingrad Sources Question: The German Surrender At Stalingrad The German surrender at Stalingrad, February 19431. Does source A adequately explain the reasons for the German surrender at Stalingrad? Explain your answer using source A and your own knowledge. Source A is very useful when looking at the reasons for the Germans defeat at Stalingrad. Firstly it was written by Field Marshal Paula's who was commander of the sixth army it is therefore expected...
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