Well, some main principles of historical research theory actually agrees with many of your statements here. One of the main things to remember is that there is no complete way to get an objective and whole truth, and what is left in archival material is not necessarily representative of what is "most important". You (in a general sense) have to look for the gaps and pauses in material and ask why they are there, as well as take into account flawed human oral documentation, speculative sources etc. History is neither fiction nor truth, it is a speculative research project that will never be finished. But it's not silliness, it is actually just as important as social sciences and political analysis, in the same way as a senior citizen is important in regards to a college student.
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Date: 2/2/11 18:02 (UTC)History is neither fiction nor truth, it is a speculative research project that will never be finished. But it's not silliness, it is actually just as important as social sciences and political analysis, in the same way as a senior citizen is important in regards to a college student.