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| History: History is the study of the past, especially the people, events, and trends that have shaped our world. This is about the part of the past that was determined and experienced by consciousness. See also Historiography, Culture._____________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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Ernst Mayr on History - Dictionary of Arguments
I 65 E. M. Carr (Humanist)(1961)(1) Five Differences between history and science: 1. History: is pecial, science: general 2. History does not teach lessons 3. History, unlike science, makes no predictions. 4. History is subjective, science: objective. 5. History, unlike science, also touches religious and moral questions. >Historiography, >Science, >Prediction, >Subjectivity, >Objectivity, >Religion, >Morality, >Ethics. 1. E. H. Carr (1961). What is History? London: MacMillan._____________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. |
Mayr I Ernst Mayr This is Biology, Cambridge/MA 1997 German Edition: Das ist Biologie Heidelberg 1998 |
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