Monday, April 25, 2011

HISTORIOGRAPHY-psc & hsst history


HISTORICAL FACTS

1-Facts are importand for the constuction of history.
2-Anything which gives us some idea about the past or present or future can be termed as fact.
3-it is also called sources.
4-sources are two kinds PRIMARY AND SECONDARY.
5-Primary or Direct sources are anything which gives us information directly.
6-Secondary sources or Indirect sources provides information indirectly.
7-TERTIARY sources are used to describe a work which is a compilation of primary and secondary sources.It focused on the identification of scholarly work than on content.for example:bibliography,library catalog,directories etc.
8-That is why RANKE said”NO SOURCES,NO HISTORY”.
9-To Ranke “all kinds of sources should be subjected to criticism.
10-HEURISTICS  means searching of facts or sources.
11-HERMENEUTICS aims to find out the authenticity or veracity of the sources.
12-DEDUCTIVE METHOD is a type of reasoning from general  to particular.
13-INDUCTIVE METHOD is a reasoning from particular to general(GENERALISATION).

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