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History is a clear example. Hypothesis: Troy existed Prediction: there's a buried city in asia minor Test: dig it up
by cygx 7y ago
History is a clear example.
Hypothesis: Troy existed
Prediction: there's a buried city in asia minor
Test: dig it up
- mc32 7y agoDoes it become archeology at that point, or archeology and paleontology in support of history?
- AstralStorm 7y agoBoth and more. (Linguistics, physics and genetics can chime in.) History is a big umbrella study domain, not one science. For example, it also embraces epistology, studies of warfare and studies of art. It builds hypotheses based on output of harder sciences and sparse evidence, which is also evaluated for veracity, as examples of low quality examples taken as evidence are becoming more visible all the time.
- JetSpiegel 7y ago"Troy existed" is just one of the low level hypothesis History proposes. Hypothesis: What happened in Armenia was a genocide. How do you disprove this? There are arguments for and against, but ultimately this would require reading the minds of the leaders at the time. You can also present logical arguments (which I totally buy, this is just an example), but there is no way to test this. There is only one historic timeline, so History is not a science.