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| Historiography: Historiography is the study of the writing of history. It examines how historians have interpreted historical events and trends, and how their interpretations have changed over time. Historiography also explores the different methods and theories that historians use to study the past. See also History, Historism._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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D’Alembert on Historiography - Dictionary of Arguments
Gadamer I 28 Historiography/truth/probability/d'Alembert/Gadamer: D'Alembert(1) rightly writes: Probability occurs primarily in historical facts, and generally in all past, present and future events that we attribute to some sort of coincidence because we do not unravel the causes. That part of this knowledge which objects to the present and the past, even though it is based on mere testimony, often generates in us a conviction as strong as that which is born of axioms. ( »La probabilité a principalement lieu pour lesfaits historiques, et en général pour tous les événements passés, présents et a venir, que nous attribuons a une sorte de hasard, parce que nous n'en démélons pas les causes. La partie de cette connaissance qui a pour objet le présent et le passé, quoi-qu'elle ne soitfondée que sur le simple témoignage, produit souvent en nous une persuasion aussiforte que celle qui nait des axiomes.«)(1) 1. Discours Préliminaire de l' Encyclopédie, ed. Köhler, Meiner 1955, S. 80._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
D’Alembert Gadamer I Hans-Georg Gadamer Wahrheit und Methode. Grundzüge einer philosophischen Hermeneutik 7. durchgesehene Auflage Tübingen 1960/2010 Gadamer II H. G. Gadamer The Relevance of the Beautiful, London 1986 German Edition: Die Aktualität des Schönen: Kunst als Spiel, Symbol und Fest Stuttgart 1977 |
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