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Welcome to the historical sciences
Date: November 28, 2024
This site is to help understand what the historical sciences are, and what are their possibilities and limitations. Frankly, the immediacy of this site is caused by concern that Apple TV’s rendition of Isaac Asimov’s foundation series may obscure and distort those ideas of Asimov’s that have merit while placing undue emphasis on ideas that are detrimental to the development of an authentic science of history.
Real-life historians have been as work documenting and explaining history for thousands of years. Sociologists, economics, archeologists and other scientists have studied history sometimes using the scientific method and mathematical approaches. A few of us from the physical and biological sciences have become involved in developing science of history, which is akin to what in fiction is sometimes called psychohistory.
This site is an evolving work. There are links to existing research and writings in history, critical analysis of fictional portrayals of historical sciences, and discussions of the bigger picture how a science of history fits into the bigger picture of the physical sciences.