Coherence is how something fits into the knowledge the already know. For
example, did the Chinese discover America before Columbus. The
information that Columbus discovered The Americas, fit in more logically
therefore historians are able to draw conclusions about the past.
Historians have to look at multiple perspectives/accounts about an event in the past. They have to judge which perspective is most coherent or fits into the information they have already gathered or know. For instance, if the historians know that the world cup was won by Brazil in 2002. Yet the claim was that Brazil did not actually reach the finals. It does not fit coherently with the information known and there is evidence that Brazil did win in 2002 as approximately half a billion people did watch that match or read reports about the World Cup finals.
Historians generally arrange the even in a timeline. When they try to fit in the new information and it does not logically fit into the timeline they cannot draw conclusions or vice versa. They find that the event fits in logically so the historians gain new knowledge therefore using coherence to draw conclusions.
Overall, coherence is used often by historians by trying to see if claims actually fit in logically into the historical timeline and then they can use this to draw conclusions about the past.
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Historians have to look at multiple perspectives/accounts about an event in the past. They have to judge which perspective is most coherent or fits into the information they have already gathered or know. For instance, if the historians know that the world cup was won by Brazil in 2002. Yet the claim was that Brazil did not actually reach the finals. It does not fit coherently with the information known and there is evidence that Brazil did win in 2002 as approximately half a billion people did watch that match or read reports about the World Cup finals.
Historians generally arrange the even in a timeline. When they try to fit in the new information and it does not logically fit into the timeline they cannot draw conclusions or vice versa. They find that the event fits in logically so the historians gain new knowledge therefore using coherence to draw conclusions.
Overall, coherence is used often by historians by trying to see if claims actually fit in logically into the historical timeline and then they can use this to draw conclusions about the past.
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ReplyDeleteWhen working in the area of history, you need to use much older, more contentious examples than something we all know happened in 2002. Also, you should focus on less fact-based claims, those more about things like "factors that led to the Vietnam War" rather than when did the war happen?