Browsing by Subject "Philosophy of history"

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    • Anachronism and the rewriting of history: the South Africa case 

      Verbeeck, Georgi (2006)
      The use and abuse of anachronism is often seen as the quintessence of the writing of history. Historians tend to conceive it as the hardcore of their métier to avoid anachronism. It designates a confusion in order of time, ...

    • History, historians and the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission. 

      Verbuyst, Rafael (School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2013)
      Whether or not the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) intended to write history, it certainly engaged with the past while historians were virtually absent. This article therefore sets out to take ...

    • Practical history lessons as a tool for generating procedural knowledge in history teaching 

      Oppong, Charles; Adjepong, Adjei; Boadu, Gideon (The South African Society forHistory Teaching (SASHT) under the patronage of the North-West University, 2022)
      Situated in the context of philosophy of history, this article explains the use of substantive concepts and procedural concepts to generate historical understanding and examines the relationship between the two forms of ...