"What is History?"

Discussion notes for Birket chapter

using notepad, abstrct and prepare a discussion outline of Sven Birket's chapter (click here for text)

• 1) what is his argument? How successfully does he present it?
• 3) how do we know what we know?
• 4) how should we communicate what we know?
• 5) what covenant, if any, do historian have with their reader/listeners to carefully document their conclusions (allegations)?

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