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Abstract The distrust many historians show when confronted with the results of quantitative studies is partially related to the experience, that many decisions which go into the preparation of historical sources for quantitative analysis are much more definite and final than the many uncertainties surroundin... mehr
The distrust many historians show when confronted with the results of quantitative studies is partially related to the experience, that many decisions which go into the preparation of historical sources for quantitative analysis are much more definite and final than the many uncertainties surrounding the meaning of terminology and statements in such sources actually justify. This is correct, but it is directed at the current stage of statistical studies, not at the nature of quantitative or formal reasoning as such. Fuzzy logic and fuzzy systems provide approaches, which could be harnessed to adapt statistical reasoning to the inherent uncertainties of historical data. The paper outlines the way in which this could be implemented with the help of examples drawn from the applications of statistics to social history.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
quantitative Methode; statistische Analyse; Erkenntnistheorie; Geschichtswissenschaft; Informatik; Historiker; Quellenanalyse; Sozialgeschichte; Quantifizierung
Klassifikation
allgemeine Geschichte
Naturwissenschaften, Technik(wissenschaften), angewandte Wissenschaften
Freie Schlagwörter
digital humanities; fuzzy logic; epistemology
Sprache Dokument
Deutsch
Publikationsjahr
2017
Seitenangabe
S. 138-159
Zeitschriftentitel
Historical Social Research, Supplement (2017) 29
Heftthema
From History to Applied Science in the Humanities
DOI
https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.suppl.29.2017.138-159
ISSN
0936-6784
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)