History by definition is "the study of past events, particularly in human affair." Nevertheless, is so much more. It is an insight to how life was when we as individuals weren't in existence and analyze life then and now. The ways of knowing for the theory of knowledge include, reason, sense perception, emotion, faith, intuition, imagination, memory, and language. When it comes to the branch of study of history, the significant ways of knowing associated with history are memory, language, sense perception, and emotion. There might be slight aspects of imagination incorporated through the study of history, however this field is more factual and conceptual based and therefore only consists of hard facts.


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