Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences / On the Meaning of History

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Issue
Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2013 6 (3)
Authors
Boldyguin, Gennadiy V.
Contact information
Boldyguin, Gennadiy V.: University for Humanities, 19 Student Str., Ekaterinburg, 620049 Russia; e-mail:
Keywords
the meaning of history; the court of history; the necessity and inevitability; historical reconstruction; purpose; motive
Abstract

The article is devoted to historical knowledge that the author, by analogy with “the meaning of life” calls “the meaning of history”. This aim cannot be the idea of history as a tool useful for unhistorical purposes. The meaning of history is in establishing the truth and in participation in the intellectual process, called “the court of history”.

Pages
325-333
Paper at repository of SibFU
https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/9623

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