Lesson 1: THE MEANING OF HISTORY Flashcards
Is derived from the Greek word historia which means learning by inquiry.
History
The Greek philosopher, ______, looked upon history as the systematic accounting of a set of natural phenomena, that is, taking into consideration the chronological arrangement of the account.
Aristotle
_____ is derived through conducting a process of scientific investigation of past events
Knowledge
Is referred usually for accounts of phenomena, especially human
affairs in chronological order.
History
What are the theories constructed by historians in
investigating history?
- Factual history
- Speculative history
This resents readers the plain and basic information vis-à-vis the events that took place
(what), the time and date with which the events happened (when), the place with which
the events took place, and the people that were involved (who).
Factual history
What do you call individuals who write about history?
Historians
This goes beyond facts because it is concerned about the reasons for which events happened (why), and the way they happened (how). It tries to speculate on the cause and effect of an event.
Speculative history
They seek to understand the present by examining what went before. They undertake arduous historical research to come up with a meaningful and organized rebuilding of the past.
Historians
A _____ feature of historical writing is the facility to give meaning and impact value to a group of people about their past.
Salient
The practice of historical writing
Historiography
The traditional method in doing historical research that focus on
gathering of documents from different libraries and archives to form a pool of evidence
needed in making a descriptive or analytical narrative.
Historiography
The whole history of the past
History-as-actuality
History-as-record
Surviving records
The _____ has limited man’s knowledge of history.
Incompleteness of records
Verisimilitude
Truth, authenticity, plausibility
In short, the historian’s aim is verisimilitude (the truth, authenticity, plausibility)
about a past. True or False?
True
The process of critically examining and analyzing the records and survivals of the
past is called?
Historical method
Why is the study of history a subjective process?
The study of history is a subjective process as documents and relics are
scattered and do not together comprise the total object that the historian is studying.
The imaginative reconstruction of the past from the data
derived by that process is called?
Historiography
What happens in a historical analysis?
(1) select the subject to investigate;
(2) collect probable sources of
information on the subject;
(3) examine the sources genuineness, in part of in whole; and
(4) extract credible “particulars” from the sources (or parts of sources).
