HISTORY (PRELIM) Flashcards
means knowledge acquired through inquiry or investigation
historia (greek)
was adopted in classical Latin – became known as the account of the past of a person or a group of people through written documents and historical evidence.
Historia
Study of the past. Everything that had happened in the past.
history
A scientific research or inquiry
history
Approach of Western History
Positivist
Primarily concerned with human activities done in the past.N Sison, 2023*focuses on human activities
history as a discipline
that is concerned with the divine and not with human beings
theology
these pieces of literature are concerned about the lives and undertakings of mythical creatures like deities and supernatural entities
myths or legends
– study of the stories of past societies but of the affairs of non human entities
quasi-history
Greek Mythology is considered
quasi-history
Stories of non-human may not be factual -
no records of facts
it is a field of inquiry, generally falls in the sciences, particularly to the social sciences.
history
Seeks to answer questions.It aims to find out and make sense of what is previously unknown.
history as a discipline
The quest for these answers should be done through a – which in turn would be objectively interpreted by the historian to arrive at rational findings and conclusions.
systematic and methodical collection of data and evidence
As a discipline it is concerned with the ‘why?’
history
History may also be _ but more importantly, it seeks to explain and answer questions about the past
storytelling / biography,
Herodotus Pioneered recording the past through
historical sources
also known as the Father of History because he was the one who established History as a science
Herodotus
Written ‘Histories’ which describes the deeds of men in the past for posterity(future generation) as guidance
Herodotus
which describes the deeds of men in the past for posterity(future generation) as guidance
histories
Written about the Peloponnesian War
Thucydides
Father of Scientific History
Thucydides
highlighted the importance of the systematic and impartial collection of evidence as an essential prerequisite in writing history
Thucydides
approach was very humanistic
Herodotus’
The only reliable source for him were testimonies of eyewitnesses
Herodotus’
Herodotus’ only reliable source for him were
testimonies of eyewitnesses
Focuses on the method of oral history.
Herodotus’
History is _ and cannot be captured in the memory of a single generation
vast
not limited to collecting eyewitness testimonies
Historical method
– asserts that real knowledge lies in the actual observation of the facts. For an idea to be real, it must be verified with sensory experience
Positivism
– The study of history
HISTORIOGRAPHY
Included other sources that are also valid as historical facts:
- Epics and songs- Artifacts- Architecture- Memory
is someone who continuously pursues historical knowledge by answering questions about the past through gathering and interpreting historical evidences / sources
historian
cannot speak for themselves
Historical evidences / sources
(with historical components and importance)
HISTORICAL FACT
(plain facts in the past)
fact
According to _ – historical facts are determined by the historian
E.H Carr
consists of certain techniques and rules that historians follow to properly collect selected sources and historical evidences
Historical methodology
materials produced by people or groups directly involved in the event or topic being studied
Primary Sources
Gottschalk defines it as “the testimony of anyone who is not an eyewitness – that is of one who was not present at the event of which he tells”
Secondary Sources
“Knowing yourself means knowing what you can do; and since nobody knows what he can do until he tries, the only clue of what man can do is what man has done.The value of history, then, is that it teaches us what man has done and thus what man is.” by
R. G. Collingwood (History as a Science 2nd ed.)
The “history of history
Historiography
Demands that we think about how we learn and how we are taught about the past
Historiography
Not only concern with what happened in the past, we are now delving about how history is written and why it is written vthat way
Historiography