Autopsy of a Historical Fact

Social Epistemology 32 (3):209-217 (2018)
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This article considers historical facts and investigates the particular relationship between a factual and a valuative dimension within them. The operation is an autopsy of a particular historical fact, which works as an example. On this basis, the article will elucidate the similarities and the differences between historical facts and natural facts, with an emphasis on the observation that the former are more subject to the influence of interpretation than the latter. This feature of historical facts explains why social and political struggles for recognition arise with respect to historical events.

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