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| title=Methodological and Epistemic Differences between Historical Science and Experimental Science | | title=Methodological and Epistemic Differences between Historical Science and Experimental Science | ||
| − | | journal=Philosophy of Science | volume=69 | month=September | year=2002 | pages=474–496 | + | | journal=Philosophy of Science |
| − | | url=http://spot.colorado.edu/~cleland/articles/Cleland.PS.Pdf | + | | volume=69 |
| − | + | | month=September | year=2002 | pages=474–496 | |
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| + | | url=http://spot.colorado.edu/~cleland/articles/Cleland.PS.Pdf | ||
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| + | == References == | ||
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Revision as of 21:05, January 25, 2012
Historical science aims to describe phenomena of the past and reconstruct their causes.[1]
When trying to explain past phenomena, historical scientists try to construct a set of hypotheses about the causes and then look for a so called "smoking gun", a piece of evidence which indicates that one of the hypotheses might be a better explanation than the others.[2]
References
- ↑ Laudan, R. (1992). "What's so Special about the Past?", in Nitecki, M.H., and Nitecki, D.V.: History and Evolution. SUNY Press. ISBN 0791412113. Retrieved on 7 February 2010.
- ↑ Cleland, C.E. (September 2002). "Methodological and Epistemic Differences between Historical Science and Experimental Science" (PDF). Philosophy of Science 69: 474–496. http://spot.colorado.edu/~cleland/articles/Cleland.PS.Pdf. Retrieved 25.1.2012.