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> It may be plausible that X did Y because of Z but that is not really supported by any facts and could as well just be a correlation. Any historical work at t
by freshhawk 9y ago
> It may be plausible that X did Y because of Z but that is not really supported by any facts and could as well just be a correlation.
Any historical work at the abstract high level of societal forces and societal evolution has the same problems though. How on earth do you prove that X did Y because of Z with facts?
The fact that the format is less familiar seems to just be making it more apparent that history is interpreted.
- danbruc 9y agoHow on earth do you prove that X did Y because of Z with facts? [Auto]biographies, letters, interviews of friends, family members and companion, diaries, records about the books they lent from the library, intelligence records ... we know quite a lot about the motivations of well-researched important personalities. It would of course still not be a proof of mathematical rigor but such sources would definitely lend a lot of credibility if they are itself reliable.