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Chapter 1Building an Argument in historical research
This Chapter, developed by National School of Political Studies and Public Administration (RO), focuses on the process of building an argument to analyse through an historical research. When using sources an historian considers necessary for the study of a certain issue and building a point of view we should take into account not only the problems related to the content, but also several methodological aspects.
The Chapter identifies and describes the several aspects to be taken into account in order to build the argument starting from the sources: - Relations between sources and correct identification of the terminology to be used; - Relation of consistency vs. relation of Opposition between sources and between terminology used; - What is an argument? Definition and characteristics of a Good argument; - Recognizing reasoning and identifying conclusions; - Why is formal correctness of an argument important? You can either browse on-line the Contents of the Chapter through the interactive index here below, or click here to start the Chapter from the beginning or click here to download the .pdf version of the Chapter contents. Index of contents |
