Meaning Of History

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Derived from the Greek word historia which means learning by inquiry or knowledge acquired by investigation.

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History

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Sees history as a systematic accounting of a set of the natural phenomena that is taking into consideration the chronological arrangement of the account.

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Aristotle

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Scholars who write about history.

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Historians

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It presents readers the plain and basic information.

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• FACTUAL HISTORY

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It goes beyond facts because it is concerned about the reasons. Tries to speculate on the cause and effect of an even.

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• SPECULATIVE HISTORY

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Traditional method in doing historical research that focus on gathering of documents from different libraries and archives to form a pool of evidence needed.

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• Historiography

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Process of critically examining and analyzing the records and survivals of the past.

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• Historical Method

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Historian’s aim (the truth, authenticity, plausibility)

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• Verisimilitude

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Important element of historical method.

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• Historical analysis

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In historical analysis, historians:

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1. Select subject to investigate;
2. Collect probable sources of information;
3. Examine the sources genuineness;
4. Extract credible “particulars” from the sources