Proving History

Download or read book Proving History written by Richard C. Carrier and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2012-04-03 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This in-depth discussion of New Testament scholarship and the challenges of history as a whole proposes Bayes’s Theorem, which deals with probabilities under conditions of uncertainty, as a solution to the problem of establishing reliable historical criteria. The author demonstrates that valid historical methods—not only in the study of Christian origins but in any historical study—can be described by, and reduced to, the logic of Bayes’s Theorem. Conversely, he argues that any method that cannot be reduced to this theorem is invalid and should be abandoned. Writing with thoroughness and clarity, the author explains Bayes’s Theorem in terms that are easily understandable to professional historians and laypeople alike, employing nothing more than well-known primary school math. He then explores precisely how the theorem can be applied to history and addresses numerous challenges to and criticisms of its use in testing or justifying the conclusions that historians make about the important persons and events of the past. The traditional and established methods of historians are analyzed using the theorem, as well as all the major "historicity criteria" employed in the latest quest to establish the historicity of Jesus. The author demonstrates not only the deficiencies of these approaches but also ways to rehabilitate them using Bayes’s Theorem. Anyone with an interest in historical methods, how historical knowledge can be justified, new applications of Bayes’s Theorem, or the study of the historical Jesus will find this book to be essential reading.

Download or read book The history of ancient America ... proving the identity of the aborigines with the Tyrians and Israelites [&c.]. written by George Jones and published by . This book was released on 1843 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book As The World Turns: The History Of Proving The Earth Rotates written by Peter Kosso and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2020-03-05 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'This book offers an excellent explanation of the scientific method and its use, through case studies from astronomy, physics, and philosophy. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower- and upper-division undergraduates. General readers.'CHOICE'In summary this is a lovely, elegant book which reminds us that physics is not an exercise in mathematics but a self-consistent system of thought based on measurement and informed observation which depends on interpretation by the human mind in the context of the science of the day. It is a valuable reminder of the underlying human quality in physics that gets lost in the 'shut up and calculate' methodology of the more esoteric branches of the science.'The ObservatoryWe know the Earth rotates, but how do we know? When and how did it become reasonable to believe that the Earth rotates?This book offers a historical account, from ancient Greek science to the theory of relativity and ultimately to videos taken from outer space, of how this widely known truth came to be. Using an accessible and entertaining narrative suitable for anyone interested in astronomy, physics, or the history of either, Kosso clarifies the use of evidence to prove that the Earth rotates, and deals with the tension between the claims that the Earth is absolutely in motion, yet all motion is relative. The book also explores the general nature of scientific evidence and method, and confronts challenges to science from outside the discipline.

Download or read book The History of Ancient America, Anterior to the Time of Columbus: Proving the Identity of the Aborigines With the Tyrians and Israelites; and the Introduction of Christianity Into the Western Hemisphere by the Apostle St. Thomas written by George Jones and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-03-28 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1843.

Download or read book Political, Historical and Analytical Arguments, Proving the Necessity of a Parliamentary Reform ... written by Walter Honywood Yate and published by . This book was released on 1825 with total page 716 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Lectures on the Prophecies Proving the Divine Origin of Christianity written by Alexander McCaul and published by . This book was released on 1846 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Political and Historical Arguments, Proving the Necessity of a Parliamentary Reform, and Pointing Out the Means of Effecting that Important Measure written by Walter Honywood Yate and published by . This book was released on 1825 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: