Saved by Jonathan Quaade
Knowing Things Is Hard
What we have lost, and what we desperately need to reclaim, is a different mode of cognition, a historical sensibility . This is not about memorizing dates and facts. It is, as the historian Gordon S. Wood describes it, a “different consciousness,” a way of understanding that profoundly influences how we see the world. It is a temperament that is... See more
Francis Gavin • The Lost Art of Thinking Historically
What we have lost, and what we desperately need to reclaim, is a different mode of cognition, a historical sensibility . This is not about memorizing dates and facts. It is, as the historian Gordon S. Wood describes it, a “different consciousness,” a way of understanding that profoundly influences how we see the world. It is a temperament that is... See more
Francis Gavin • The Lost Art of Thinking Historically
have found it useful in my work as a historian—what if I am wrong about my conclusions? Am I willing to reconsider the evidence?