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Ungefähre Exaktheit: theoretische Grundlagen und praktische Möglichkeiten einer Formulierung historischer Quellen als Produkte 'unscharfer' Systeme [1984]

Approximate Precision: Theoretic Foundations and Practical Possibilities for the Definition of Historical Sources as Products of 'Fuzzy' Systems
[journal article]

Thaller, Manfred

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... view more

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.... view less

Keywords
statistical analysis; quantitative method; computer science; historian; quantification; source analysis; epistemology; science of history; social history

Classification
General History
Natural Science and Engineering, Applied Sciences

Free Keywords
digital humanities; fuzzy logic; epistemology

Document language
German

Publication Year
2017

Page/Pages
p. 138-159

Journal
Historical Social Research, Supplement (2017) 29

Issue topic
From History to Applied Science in the Humanities

DOI
https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.suppl.29.2017.138-159

ISSN
0936-6784

Status
Published Version; peer reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution 4.0


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