@article{ART003144776},
author={Hoyeon Cho},
title={Bias in history},
journal={PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE},
issn={1975-1621},
year={2024},
number={46},
pages={367-389},
doi={10.33639/ptc.2024..46.015}
TY - JOUR
AU - Hoyeon Cho
TI - Bias in history
JO - PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE
PY - 2024
VL - null
IS - 46
PB - Research Institute for East-West Thought
SP - 367
EP - 389
SN - 1975-1621
AB - This paper analyzes how positivist historiography, postmodern historiography, and marxist historiography understand the problem of bias, and how they attempt to overcome it. Positivist historians believe that by eliminating personal and collective bias, they can write a fair and objective history. However, there is a strong counterargument that historical facts are not easily ascertainable when it comes to ascribing meaning, as opposed to identifying dates and places. In particular, postmodern historiography is a very strong critic of positivist historiography. It argues that history cannot be objective not only because of the epistemological limitations of history itself, but also because of the process by which history is studied. Furthermore, postmodern historiography considers the very idea of bias to be meaningless. Marxist historiography prided itself on being based on ‘scientific’ socialism and emphasized the objective development of history. However, marxist historiography had a pragmatic goal of building a communist society, which made it difficult to avoid the controversy of bias from the beginning.
Despite these disagreements over the bias of history, attempts to overcome bias are important. As an example of such an attempt, Professor Lee’s position to overcome the bias of historical writing with an open attitude of integrated perspective is considered valid. It is also worth noting McCullagh’s argument that we need to overcome not only personal biases but also cultural biases. However, the task of overcoming bias in history is not something that can be easily solved, so we will need to continue to find ways to do so through collaboration with other disciplines.
KW - bias;positivist historiography;postmodern historiography;marxist historiography;Integral perspectivism
DO - 10.33639/ptc.2024..46.015
ER -
Hoyeon Cho. (2024). Bias in history. PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE, 46, 367-389.
Hoyeon Cho. 2024, "Bias in history", PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE, no.46, pp.367-389. Available from: doi:10.33639/ptc.2024..46.015
Hoyeon Cho "Bias in history" PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE 46 pp.367-389 (2024) : 367.
Hoyeon Cho. Bias in history. 2024; 46 : 367-389. Available from: doi:10.33639/ptc.2024..46.015
Hoyeon Cho. "Bias in history" PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE no.46(2024) : 367-389.doi: 10.33639/ptc.2024..46.015
Hoyeon Cho. Bias in history. PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE, 46, 367-389. doi: 10.33639/ptc.2024..46.015
Hoyeon Cho. Bias in history. PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE. 2024; 46 367-389. doi: 10.33639/ptc.2024..46.015
Hoyeon Cho. Bias in history. 2024; 46 : 367-389. Available from: doi:10.33639/ptc.2024..46.015
Hoyeon Cho. "Bias in history" PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE no.46(2024) : 367-389.doi: 10.33639/ptc.2024..46.015
