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    The document discusses the concepts of "history" and "historical sources". It provides three key things learned from the reading: 1) Historical method uses information from past accounts as reference, 2) Indirect witnesses are the main source of history which historians use as proof but still check authenticity, 3) Each statement in a document requires separately establishing credibility regardless of author credibility. It also lists three unclear concepts: 1) Argument from analogy, 2) Statistical syllogism, 3) Argument to best explanation. Finally, it discusses changing perspectives, originally thinking histories were based on true experiences but learning stories can also be considered history.

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    The document discusses the concepts of "history" and "historical sources". It provides three key things learned from the reading: 1) Historical method uses information from past accounts as reference, 2) Indirect witnesses are the main source of history which historians use as proof but still check authenticity, 3) Each statement in a document requires separately establishing credibility regardless of author credibility. It also lists three unclear concepts: 1) Argument from analogy, 2) Statistical syllogism, 3) Argument to best explanation. Finally, it discusses changing perspectives, originally thinking histories were based on true experiences but learning stories can also be considered history.

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    The document discusses the concepts of "history" and "historical sources". It provides three key things learned from the reading: 1) Historical method uses information from past accounts as reference, 2) Indirect witnesses are the main source of history which historians use as proof but still check authenticity, 3) Each statement in a document requires separately establishing credibility regardless of author credibility. It also lists three unclear concepts: 1) Argument from analogy, 2) Statistical syllogism, 3) Argument to best explanation. Finally, it discusses changing perspectives, originally thinking histories were based on true experiences but learning stories can also be considered history.

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    Metacognitive Reading Report no.

    WHAT ARE “HISTORY”AND “HISTORICAL SOURCES”


    by Louis Gottschalk
    1. The three things that I significantly learned from the reading are:
    a. I learned that historical method caters the information which historians use a
    reference and evidence to write histories in the form of the past accounts. The
    question of nature came from the philosophy of history as a question of
    epistemology. This provenance is known as historiography.
    b. I also learned that indirect witnesses are mostly the source of history. The
    stories told by these witnesses are used by historians as a proof that a certain
    thing really happened from the past but not necessarily rely on those. The
    historian still checks the authenticity of the testimonies in order to be part of
    the history itself.
    c. Internal Criticism: historical reliability implies that few information is
    accepted as authentic, Louis Gottschalk sets down the general rule, "for each
    particular of a document, the process of establishing credibility should be
    separately undertaken regardless of the general credibility of the author." An
    author's strong perspective in the documents may consider the liability of a
    statement but it also needs a deeper revision into it.
    2. The three things that are still unclear to me ...
    a. I find difficulty in understanding the argument from analogy because of its
    statistical syllogism.
    b. And also one of the concepts that I find difficult to understand is the statistical
    reference because of its syllogism in probabilistic form.
    c. The other topic that I find difficult to understand is the argument to best
    explanation because the conditions of the hypothesis is slightly confusing for
    me.
    3. I used to think that ...
    a. I used to think that histories are easily made by those people seeking for true
    experiences through different involvements of the people in the past. I never
    thought that history involves deeper understanding and thinking taken from
    the happenings in the past. It is not easily made; it needs to be proven true
    because history will serve as a story of the past that future people will
    eventually know. I also thought that histories are only based from the true
    experiences of people, I never thought that stories heard from ancient people
    can also be considered as part of history.
    b. I thought that histories are only based from the true experiences of people; I
    never thought that stories heard from ancient people can also be considered as
    part of history.

    4. The three questions that I want to ask about the reading.


    a. How does a historian prove the credibility/ authenticity of the history? In what
    way they can prove that it’s true?
    b. What is the most efficient historical method in order to test the authenticity of
    a certain story in order to become a history?
    c. Is there any assurance that the story that has been passed from one generation
    to another through oral tradition is still authentic and reliable?

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