Phil Histo - L2

Historian

Someone who continuously pursues and/or produces historical knowledge by answering questions about the past through gathering and interpreting historical evidence

Historical sources

Historical knowledge is acquired through_____. Historians examine and
interpret these sources through acquired training for historical research and
methodology.

Historical Fact

It is something that is determined by the historian. He/she decides what part of the past
makes it to the canon of history.

Historical methodology

consists of certain techniques and rules that historians follow to properly collect and select sources and historical evidence.

Edward Hallett Carr

according to him “History is a continuous process of interaction between the historian and his facts, an unending dialogue between the present and the past”