Empiricism and History

The central doctrine of empiricism - that true knowledge or understanding of the world comes ultimately from sense impressions - underlies most of the practices and arguments of professional historians, but many historians have denied that there is a theory behind what they do.

Doctrina centrala a empirismului - ca adevarata cunoastere sau intelegere a lumii provine in cele din urma din impresiile de simt - sta la baza majoritatii practicilor si argumentelor istoricilor profesionisti, dar multi istorici au negat ca exista o teorie in spatele a ceea ce fac.