Graduation Year
2024
Document Type
Honors Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
History
Faculty Advisor
John F. Bell
Abstract
Do some historians truly know what is best when staying away from counterfactuals, or are other historians right in using them with confidence? I will be uncovering the origin of this disagreement, exploring both sides of the debate, and explaining historians’ approaches and attitudes toward counterfactuals in order to reveal the pitfalls and potentials of the technique.
Recommended Citation
Ide, Adam, "Clearing Up Counterfactuals: The Decades-Long Historiographical Debate" (2024). Honors Theses. 142.
https://digitalcommons.assumption.edu/honorstheses/142