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11-07-2007, 11:38 AM
Science was once "Natural Philosophy," does this make science identical to the study of Plato and John Stuart Mill or Descartes? An etymological roundabout doesn't really get us anywhere.

History is not a science, in the accepted modern meaning of the term, because it is fundamentally not amenable to experimental proof.

A hypothesis in history can be supported by written or other evidence, but it cannot be proven by it. Written evidence is particularly debatable due to the possiblilty of bias or mendacity in the writer.
Martin

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History and Science - by Robert Vermaat - 11-05-2007, 01:16 PM
Re: History and Science - by Urselius - 11-05-2007, 03:12 PM
Re: History and Science - by Robert Vermaat - 11-05-2007, 09:11 PM
Re: History and Science - by Magnus - 11-05-2007, 10:37 PM
Re: History and Science - by caiusbeerquitius - 11-05-2007, 11:05 PM
Re: History and Science - by caiusbeerquitius - 11-05-2007, 11:07 PM
Re: History and Science - by Robert Vermaat - 11-06-2007, 07:29 AM
Re: History and Science - by Urselius - 11-06-2007, 10:30 AM
Re: History and Science - by Tarbicus - 11-06-2007, 11:17 AM
Re: History and Science - by Urselius - 11-06-2007, 11:26 AM
Re: History and Science - by caiusbeerquitius - 11-06-2007, 11:52 AM
Re: History and Science - by Tarbicus - 11-06-2007, 12:38 PM
Re: History and Science - by Urselius - 11-06-2007, 12:43 PM
Re: History and Science - by satsobek - 11-06-2007, 01:19 PM
Re: History and Science - by Tarbicus - 11-06-2007, 02:24 PM
Re: History and Science - by Urselius - 11-06-2007, 02:53 PM
Re: History and Science - by Magnus - 11-06-2007, 04:53 PM
Re: History and Science - by Tarbicus - 11-06-2007, 05:04 PM
Re: History and Science - by Gaius Julius Caesar - 11-06-2007, 05:20 PM
Re: History and Science - by Comerus Gallus - 11-06-2007, 05:53 PM
Re: History and Science - by Caius Fabius - 11-06-2007, 06:40 PM
Re: History and Science - by caiusbeerquitius - 11-06-2007, 07:55 PM
Re: History and Science - by Gaius Julius Caesar - 11-06-2007, 07:58 PM
my four cents worth - by Goffredo - 11-06-2007, 09:18 PM
Re: History and Science - by caiusbeerquitius - 11-06-2007, 10:04 PM
science - by Goffredo - 11-07-2007, 08:06 AM
Re: History and Science - by Robert Vermaat - 11-07-2007, 08:53 AM
Re: History and Science - by caiusbeerquitius - 11-07-2007, 09:20 AM
Re: History and Science - by Robert Vermaat - 11-07-2007, 09:36 AM
Re: History and Science - by Urselius - 11-07-2007, 11:38 AM
Re: History and Science - by Carlton Bach - 11-07-2007, 12:14 PM
Re: History and Science - by satsobek - 11-07-2007, 12:22 PM
anyway - by Goffredo - 11-07-2007, 12:47 PM
Re: History and Science - by Robert Vermaat - 11-07-2007, 01:04 PM
Re: History and Science - by Tarbicus - 11-07-2007, 01:19 PM
Re: History and Science - by Robert Vermaat - 11-07-2007, 01:26 PM
Re: History and Science - by Urselius - 11-07-2007, 01:53 PM
a comment - by Goffredo - 11-07-2007, 02:05 PM
Re: a comment - by Urselius - 11-07-2007, 02:10 PM
Re: History and Science - by satsobek - 11-07-2007, 02:51 PM
Re: History and Science - by caiusbeerquitius - 11-07-2007, 02:51 PM
Re: History and Science - by Gaius Julius Caesar - 11-07-2007, 02:55 PM
Re: History and Science - by Tarbicus - 11-07-2007, 03:11 PM
Re: History and Science - by Urselius - 11-07-2007, 03:18 PM
fairly land - by Goffredo - 11-07-2007, 03:47 PM
Re: History and Science - by satsobek - 11-07-2007, 03:58 PM
Re: History and Science - by Urselius - 11-07-2007, 04:20 PM
well.... - by Goffredo - 11-07-2007, 04:20 PM
Re: History and Science - by Tarbicus - 11-07-2007, 07:05 PM
Re: History and Science - by Magnus - 11-08-2007, 07:28 AM
Re: History and Science - by Urselius - 11-08-2007, 08:59 AM

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