Methodologism as a Philosophy of Knowing

Methodologism outlines a new pragmatist approach to knowing and meaning. While knowing is typically defined as a state of some kind, such as possessing a true justified belief, I shall propose that knowing can, in general , be defined as a correct way of doing . This view applies to both the sciences and more mundane ways of knowing in our various forms of life. Also in historiography, knowing is understood as doing. The main focus in the methodologist philosophy of historiography should be to identify good and responsible ways of maintaining and advancing the conversation about the past, without an expectation of a settlement to any one view about the past. We need to ask: What are epistemologically responsible ways of practicing historiography? More specifically, what are the conditions and rules under which claims in historiography may be made, accepted, or rejected

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