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Essay On Historical Knowledge

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This idea of shift in history is often influenced over time, as one historian from the past can accept the knowledge while in the future it can be discarded by modern historians.There are many incidents when a historical knowledge has gained reappraisal or they have also been degraded by a certain circumstance. For example, there was a historical knowledge shift in Korea with the image of past President Park Jung Hee. During, President Park’s presidency and quite a few years after, many acclaimed him as a responsible and respectful leader. Despite the fact of his hidden notorious actions, newspapers, books, and even textbooks praised for his visible deeds. However, as time passed, many people found doubts in this knowledge and researched for …show more content…

The first is that when knowledge is ‘discarded’ it has to be thought that there is no potential use. The second is that there is a noticeable measurement of deciding the acceptance of knowledge and finally that knowledge is something that can be discarded. The subjectivity of knowledge makes it difficult to argue that it can be fully discarded, as there is always the chance for it to be reconsidered. However, because historical knowledge is incomplete, the new information to be found contributes to the rejection of the existing knowledge. Thus, implies that historical knowledge evolves and as it evolves it undergoes the process of shiting through being accepted and discarded. This applies to the life of a student living in history. With the ability to determine the acceptance of disapproval of certain knowledge, it helps people to understand the value of past knowledge and how as the paradigm shifted, the perspectives of people should shift as well. Which, again emphasizes on historical knowledge to be subjective and has the difference within individuals on what is more valued compared to others. However, some might argue that historical knowledge are all supported by evidence and there shouldn’t be a change in how we view them. But, what we should acknowledge is that history itself is not changing but the knowledge that we gain is

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