History Flashcards
An account of the past
History
Derived from the Greek word ‘historia’, meaning?
“inquiry”, “knowledge from inquiry” or “judge”.
THREE CONCEPTS OF HISTORY
1) history-activity
2) history-as-record
3) history-as-historiography
The process of determining the true meaning and value of statements contained in a document.
Internal Criticism
TRUE/FALSE. It is positive if efforts are made to discover the true meaning of the contents of a document
TRUE
TRUE/FALSE. It is positive if efforts are exerted to find reasons for disbelieving the document’s contents.
FALSE
Used to determine the authenticity or genuineness of a historical document.
External Criticism
The imaginative reconstruction of the past from the data derived by that process.
HISTORIOGRAPHY
the school of thought that emerged
between 18th and 19th century.
Positivism
the school of thought that requires empirical and observable evidence before one can claim that particular knowledge is true.
Positivism
The process of critically examining and
analyzing the records and survivals of the
past.
HISTORICAL METHOD
This perspective highlights the importance of facilitating an internal conversation and discourse among Filipinos about our own history,
Philippine Historiography
The Filipino Historian who introduced the new guiding philosophy for writing and teaching history
Zeus Salazar
the new guiding philosophy for writing and teaching history:
Pantayong Pananaw (for us-from-us perspective).
school of thought that emerged when formerly colonized nations grappled with the idea of creating their identities and understanding their societies against the shadows of their colonial past.
Postcolonialism