is a
. When we elaborate on the term
as
mainly focus on the
that
is the structured body of
. It means
is organized in a way that people can have an understanding. While being a
, in some resources
is defined as literature too. When
is called
, many can think of natural
.
,
is not the case in
. In natural sciences, scientists work on some issues deliberately and try to find out a solution.
, they experience the
of observation and experiment.
, even if historians observe and try to do some experiments,
will not
in any useful consequence. Because
deals with the past, neither changes nor adjustments can be made.
, it is understood that
is a special
of
that involves interference from general principles.
, only through evidences historians may clarify the historical
. Any
of observations and experiments are not a
ways of looking at
. It is noteworthy to mention that
is r
in the
. Here comes the question that what is the object of
? As each
has an
,
looks for objects. The main object of
to look at is human actions that have taken place in the past. The way historians investigate the past depends on the
. When we say evidences there are i
of those historical documents. Historians try to find out proper
to
things that have happened in the past. In essence, historical investigation relies on the interpretation of different kinds of evidences. If we refer to what Collingwood(
980) said we can
that
exists because humans should have who he is and what differentiates him from other people.
, the
why
exists is that self-
plays a great role in once’ s life. As a notion
has main peculiarities which define it. The following paragraphs will be discussing them
.
, in order to
something, historians should have appropriate facts and evidences.
is the same feature that
has as other sciences. Historians are only allowed to
something in case they have proper justifications to show themselves and
to the public opinion. In short,
is the feature of being inferential. Since
is the organized body of
, the need to justify every single
arises.
, historians are required to deliver deductive studies in order to
any historical happening. Deductive reasoning is used by historians in order to come to a proper conclusion.
, the way
is reasoned and its language plays a great role in making sure that readers get the most accurate mainly
information in the specific area of
. In spite of the
that
and language v
in the form they assist the reader to get
, the essential purpose behind them is to ensure the
of
exchange. To illustrate
point, what is crucial for a reader is to get unbiased truth,
, sometimes inevitably we can encounter the cases in which personal perspective prevents us from seeing the
. Notably, here the being inferential peculiarity of
the situation. If the
provides n
and interference, the objectivity of the facts is ensured. Indeed, claiming the
that
is inferential has the same meaning by saying the
is organized.
, it is sometimes confused that memory is
a certain
of
.
, it is clear from the above-mentioned facts that
statement is incorrect.
, if I remember something happened y
is a memory statement.
, if I remember about the specific fight and I can provide essential evidences,
it became a historical statement.
, the
point is about the
. As mentioned by Collingwood,
is autonomous. By saying that, it is meant that historical
and facts should not be under the obligation of someone else. To be a consequence of that, historians should be away from any
of biased and intervened information.
, even if someone who has
about the happenings tries to interfere with the situation, historians should not accept that help. They are required to do the research
themselves and find out what is
. The
is not because that person may lie or misdirect the
. The real
behind it is not to give up on the
’s own autonomy over the work. If a
agrees with the ready-made
,
ready-made
is called
And the person who prepares
is called
, the
can be accused of forfeiting.
w
of
, the
may benefit from the
which is clearly grounded o
the historical
. Only, in that case, historians can be away from forfeiting.
,
of
is scissors and
types.
, it is better to explain what we mean by scissors and
types. In
of method, historians
think of what they want to learn or investigate. As a
attempt, they narrow down their r
appropriate for their investigation.
, they extract the important parts of others’ given interview, research or opinion. The
step is to reform it into the
’s desired version.
, there can be cases in which the
sees that the idea delivered by
author does contradict with others.,
, the
is able to incorporate or omit
of them. As a consequence of it,
is merely based on the
. According to Collinwood, it is better to call
of method as scissors and combine. Even though Collingwood goes on saying that
of
cannot be called as real
since it does not meet the required peculiarities of
, he highlights the
that many people are using
now. Collingwood criticizes
of historians. By
, he tries to say that
should look at the meaning of happenings.
, in the scissors and
tries to make the
fit with the content. He emphasizes that only in the 17th century,
of
reforms, historians started to establish new 2 movements.
, they tried to make sure the credibility of a
For
, they organized the systematic examination of authorities.
, two new movements in the historical method now began. Historians began to view non-literary and literary resources as in the same importance.
, they started to utilize coins as historical evidences. The
movement d
the situation with scissors and
. Indeed, it made some changes in the content of scissors and
.
, the idea of critical
appeared.
, Collingwood notes that it was still considered as the
form of scissors and
of
.
İn
paper
I started to write about how
is considered to be a
of
. Many arguments have proven that
is organized
.
, why and how
is conducted were discussed in detail. Since humans need self-recognition,
is a crucial tool in that manner. Notably, historical evidences are the main tool used in the investigation
.
, the paper goes on highlighting the features of
as notions which are the following; being inferential,
. In
phase, I have referred to Collingwood. He clearly introduced in his book
. In the final part of the paper, I tried to compare scissors and
of
with modern
.