history kineme Flashcards
history was derived from the Greek noun _________
historia
historia means
learning
what is history for aristotle
it is a systematic account of a set of natural phenomena
common definition of history
past of mankind
german word for history
geschichte
geschichte means
that which has happened
it is the experience of a generation long dead, most of whom left no records or whose records, if they exist, have never been disturbed by the historian’s truth
fortiori
objective means
intention of acquiring detached and truthful knowledge independent of one’s personal reactions.
subjective is
illusory or based upon personal considerations and hence either untrue or biased
dynamic or genetic
the becoming
static
the being or the become
interpretative
explaining how and how things happened and were interrelated
descriptive
telling what happened, when, where, and who took part
descriptive data
can be derived directly and immediately from surviving artifacts.
historical context can be given to them only if they can be placed in a human setting
whole history of the past is also called
history as actuality
surviving record
history-as-records
process of critically examining and analyzing the records and survivals of the past
historical method
historiography is also known as
the writing of history
it is the imaginative reconstruction of the past from the data derived by that process
historiography
german historian
Leopold von Ranke
true or false
are historians permitted to imagine things that could not reasonably happened
false
he wrote his famous history of the Peloponnesian War and conscientiously told his readers how he gathered his materials and what tests he used to separate truth from fiction
Thucydides (5th century BC)
historical analysis
1 the selection of a subject for investigation
2 collection of probable sources of information on that subject
3 examination of those sources for genuineness
4 extraction of credible particulars from the sources proved genuine
archives, courthouses, or gov’t lib are considered
official resources
business houses, monument rooms of ancient castles, records of parish churches
private papers
testimonies of an eyewitness or of a witness by any other of the senses, or of a mechanical device like the dictaphone
primary sources
testimonies of anyone who is not an eyewitness that is of one who was not present at the events of which he tells
secondary sources
yes or no
does primary sources need to be original in the legal sense of the word original
no
how can a document may be called original
- if it contains fresh and creative ideas
- if it is not translated from the language in which it was first written
- if its the approved text, unmodified, and untampered
- if its in its earliest, unpolished stage
- if its the earliest available source of the information
document came from the word __
docere
docere means
to teach
account of individual experience which reveals the individual’s actions as a human agent and as a participant in social life
human document
human document was defined by
sociologist
any self-revealing record that intentionally or unintentionally yields information regarding the structure, dynamics, and functioning of the author’s mental life
personal document
personal document was defined by
psychologist
