President George W. Bush at Emma E. Booker Elementary School in Sarasota County, Florida, September 11th 2001 as he was informed of the 9-11 attacks on The World Trade Centre.
Can you establish the Historical Truth of this photo ? (grp 1)
If a range of sources disagree how do we establish objective facts ? (Grp 1)
What counts as a fact in history? (grp 2)
Is a history which is internally consistent necessarily true ? (grp 3)
Could more than one version of the past, even contradictory ones, be internally consistent ? (Grp 4)
Is a fact always the truth ? (& vice versa: is the truth always factually accurate ?) (Grp 5)
Is it important to establish historical objectivity, and if so why ? (Grp 6)
Is it unfair to judge people and actions in the past by the standards of today? (grp 7)
Should terms such as “atrocity” or “hero” be used when writing about history, or should value judgments be avoided? (Grp 8)
"What is the value of factual truths anyway ?" Russell Brand
What does Russell mean by "archaeological truth ?"