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Proving History
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Author : Richard C. Carrier
language : en
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Release Date : 2012-04-03
Proving History written by Richard C. Carrier and has been published by Prometheus Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-04-03 with History categories.
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.
History Rhetoric And Proof
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Author : Carlo Ginzburg
language : en
Publisher: UPNE
Release Date : 1999
History Rhetoric And Proof written by Carlo Ginzburg and has been published by UPNE this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with History categories.
One of the world's leading historians delivers a pathbreaking analysis of truth and rhetoric in the writing of history.
As The World Turns The History Of Proving The Earth Rotates
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Author : Peter Kosso
language : en
Publisher: World Scientific
Release Date : 2020-03-05
As The World Turns The History Of Proving The Earth Rotates written by Peter Kosso and has been published by World Scientific this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-05 with Science categories.
'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.
The History Of Ancient America Proving The Identity Of The Aborigines With The Tyrians And Israelites C
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Author : George Jones
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1843
The History Of Ancient America Proving The Identity Of The Aborigines With The Tyrians And Israelites C written by George Jones and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1843 with categories.
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
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Author : George Jones
language : en
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2024-03-28
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 has been published by BoD – Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-03-28 with Fiction categories.
Reprint of the original, first published in 1843.
Political And Historical Arguments Proving The Necessity Of A Parliamentary Reform And Pointing Out The Means Of Effecting That Important Measure
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Author : Walter Honywood Yate
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1825
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 has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1825 with categories.
Political Historical And Analytical Arguments Proving The Necessity Of A Parliamentary Reform
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Author : Walter Honywood Yate
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1825
Political Historical And Analytical Arguments Proving The Necessity Of A Parliamentary Reform written by Walter Honywood Yate and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1825 with categories.
Political Historical And Analytical Arguments Proving The Necessity Of A Parliamentary Reform And Pointing Out The Means Of Effecting That Important Measure
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Author : Walter Honywood Yate
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1825
Political Historical And Analytical Arguments Proving The Necessity Of A Parliamentary Reform And Pointing Out The Means Of Effecting That Important Measure written by Walter Honywood Yate and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1825 with categories.
On The Historicity Of Jesus
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Author : Richard Carrier
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014-06-03
On The Historicity Of Jesus written by Richard Carrier and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-03 with Religion categories.
The assumption that Jesus existed as a historical person has occasionally been questioned in the course of the last hundred years or so, but any doubts that have been raised have usually been put to rest in favor of imagining a blend of the historical, the mythical and the theological in the surviving records of Jesus. Carrier re-examines the whole question and finds compelling reasons to suspect the more daring assumption is correct. He lays out extensive research on the evidence for Jesus and the origins of Christianity and poses the key questions that must now be answered if the historicity of Jesus is to survive as a dominant paradigm. Carrier contrasts the most credible reconstruction of a historical Jesus with the most credible theory of Christian origins if a historical Jesus did not exist. Such a theory would posit that the Jesus figure was originally conceived of as a celestial being known only through private revelations and hidden messages in scripture; then stories placing this being in earth history were crafted to communicate the claims of the gospel allegorically; such stories eventually came to be believed or promoted in the struggle for control of the Christian churches that survived the tribulations of the first century. Carrier finds the latter theory more credible than has been previously imagined. He explains why it offers a better explanation for all the disparate evidence surviving from the first two centuries of the Christian era. He argues that we need a more careful and robust theory of cultural syncretism between Jewish theology and politics of the second-temple period and the most popular features of pagan religion and philosophy of the time. For anyone intent on defending a historical Jesus, this is the book to challenge.
Higher Order Logic Theorem Proving And Its Applications
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Author : Thomas F. Melham
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 1994-09-07
Higher Order Logic Theorem Proving And Its Applications written by Thomas F. Melham and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-09-07 with Computers categories.
This volume presents the proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on Higher Order Logic Theorem Proving and Its Applications held in Valetta, Malta in September 1994. Besides 3 invited papers, the proceedings contains 27 refereed papers selected from 42 submissions. In total the book presents many new results by leading researchers working on the design and applications of theorem provers for higher order logic. In particular, this book gives a thorough state-of-the-art report on applications of the HOL system, one of the most widely used theorem provers for higher order logic.