L'histoire quantitative

Deux ou trois choses que je sais d'elle

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ID16697993
AuthorsBernard Lepetit (0000-0001-9980-9210, corresponding author)
Year1989
Volume4
Issue3
Pages191-199
Publication date1989-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueHistoire & Mesure (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0982-1783 • E-ISSN: 1957-7745
PublisherPERSEE Program (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3406/hism.1989.1355
OpenAlexW2087800722
LanguageEN
Citations received12
References cited6

Bernard Lepetit Quantitative history : A couple of things I know about it. Quantitative history is no longer in fashion. For a generation after the Second World War, it was the usual practice for French historians and the reference for judging work in history. This frame of trend has now been reversed. Doubt has spread concerning the capacity of numbers to explain the most important behaviours. While taking in consideration different styles of research in quantitative history which are always fruitful, and being aware of certain kinds of types of deadlocks, one wants to show how historic demonstration must never be pure persuasion nor pure story. The criteria of its pertinency must be appreciated adequately between the definition of problematic and of testing ground, and in confrontation between empirical data and historical assertions

Epistemology · Frame (networking · Persuasion · Quantitative analysis (chemistry · Agriculture and Rural Development Research · Computer Science · French Urban and Social Studies · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · History · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology

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