1. Historiography - The Study of History
... of human actions told in human terms (3). About a generation after Herodotus, Thucydides wrote an account of the Peloponnesian wars and was more precise in his use of evidence and analysis. He insisted that history had to be backed up with more relevant evidence and facts. Greek historians interpreted records with too much credulity and little skepticism. Many pre-nineteenth-century ... rationalism. Ranke felt that it was very important to analyze his work. Analytical philosophy is a method of approaching philosophical problems through analysis of the terms in which they are expressed (5...
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