A house cannot be built without bricks as it needs the cement to hold the parts together. As well as this, it needs to be composed of a foundation to start building upon and an imagination to design both the interior and exterior of the house such as the windows and the floor design. Without these other essential materials included in the building of the house, it would merely be a pile of bricks with no structure and meaning. Henri Poincare uses this house as a metaphor for science. He ultimately compares the building of a house to shaping a stream of theories and facts into logical text. The relationship between the parts and the bricks must be significant in completing the task. Without this relationship between the parts and the bricks,
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History is a science based on the past describing events that have previously occurred. Historians typically ask themselves the question “Why did this occur”. They constantly look for reasons as to why certain events occurred as well as the reasons behind specific decisions. It is impossible for one to say that they “know history”. For example, one may be very knowledgeable as to what makes up the nation’s history, however, they will never know for sure what occurred earlier that day. The main difference between history and other areas of knowledge is that in history, you should use your logical ability of interpretation to really appreciate the significance of the event the occurred. This logical way of interpreting events is necessary when distinguishing significant events from not so significant ones. As well as this, history is composed of a range of different people’s interpolations, which can give us a range of theses. Once we impose our own opinion on the subject matter, we can form our personal thesis which is ultimately, only truly valid to us. The essential element of this is that the personal interpretation has to make sense in order to be back up by facts and proof. Thus, to build a house from bricks one must use cement of other conjunction; the same applies to logic and understanding when it comes to
History is a science based on the past describing events that have previously occurred. Historians typically ask themselves the question “Why did this occur”. They constantly look for reasons as to why certain events occurred as well as the reasons behind specific decisions. It is impossible for one to say that they “know history”. For example, one may be very knowledgeable as to what makes up the nation’s history, however, they will never know for sure what occurred earlier that day. The main difference between history and other areas of knowledge is that in history, you should use your logical ability of interpretation to really appreciate the significance of the event the occurred. This logical way of interpreting events is necessary when distinguishing significant events from not so significant ones. As well as this, history is composed of a range of different people’s interpolations, which can give us a range of theses. Once we impose our own opinion on the subject matter, we can form our personal thesis which is ultimately, only truly valid to us. The essential element of this is that the personal interpretation has to make sense in order to be back up by facts and proof. Thus, to build a house from bricks one must use cement of other conjunction; the same applies to logic and understanding when it comes to