Philippine History Readings PDF
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Cagayan State University
Vincent Pagador
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This document discusses the interpretations of historical events in the Philippines. It highlights controversies and conflicting views on historical events and the process used for historical interpretation. The document examines how historical accounts involve subjectivity due to the witnesses' appraisal of evidence. It challenges historians to use a more scientific and academic approach rather than a tool or propaganda to advance vested interests.
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A process used to make sense of the past. Historians utilize facts from Interpretations of historical primary sources then draw events change over time. their own reading so that Without proper training and their intended audience may background, a non-historian understa...
A process used to make sense of the past. Historians utilize facts from Interpretations of historical primary sources then draw events change over time. their own reading so that Without proper training and their intended audience may background, a non-historian understand the historical interpreting a primary source event. may do more harm than good. Historical accounts are individualized views containing a degree of subjectivity based on their appraisal of available evidences. It is the flaw of the witnesses, which results in competition and disconnection in the interpretation of historians. It challenges the historians to reexamine their sources and discourses, as well as their methodologies, to make the study of History more scientific and academic instead of a mere tool or propaganda advancing some vested interests. Am I a joke to you??? Mga tangek ‘di It is a way of looking n’yo ba knows, pader ‘to! Mga OA, ang layo ng sinasabi Sibat ito, n’yo, e tali lang at historical events, guys! Look oh, pointy siya! I think fan ito. naman ‘to! personalities, developments, cultures, and societies from different Hoy eme kayo, perspectives. ahas ‘to, e! Mga hindi nag- grade two! Heto oh, it’s a tree! Historians may misinterpret evidence, attending to those that suggest that a certain event happened, and then ignore the rest that goes against the evidence. This affirmation by the NHCP is an example of an accepted judgment based on evidence presented to a panel for analysis and review. While this may end the controversy surrounding the celebration of the First Mass in the country, there is still a possibility that it may change. In the first place, the facts of history never come to us pure since they do not and cannot exist in a pure form. They are always refracted through the mind of the witnesses who recorded them. Form four groups (teams) and debate on the following motions:
