3 historical plausibility: the historicity of the book of abraham as a case study 4 the need for historicity: why banishing god from history removes historical obligation 5 joseph smith and the historicity of the book of mormon 6 historicity and the truthfulness of god 7 no middle ground: the debate over the authenticity of the book of mormon 8.
Type i - hard alternate history: these are works that adhere to very strict, even scientific standards in their plausibility research is often detailed and intensive, butterflies are followed logically, and with attention to details, such as the economic or logistical feasibility of an invasion.
While seemingly counterproductive to good history, the use of counterfactualism does engage the imagination—in fact this is many historians reasoning for keeping counterfactualism alive in scholarly study—but the real reasoning behind continuing its presence in argument and discussion is because counterfactuals appeal to laws, rationality. The history cooperative is a collective of history buffs, interested authors, and dedicated technical staff who share a love for history if you would love to help share this love, you can start by filling out a contribution form here.
Scientific plausibility permeates discussions and debates about research on complementary, alternative, or integrative health approaches this is no surprise many interventions that fall under this rubric are ensconced in belief systems about illness and health—some ancient and some modern—that lack foundations in modern science. Herman philipse2 aviezer tucker has argued that the professional study of history would benefit from a bayesian approach 3 richard carrier has recently argued for the general use of bayes’ theorem, and. Vaccines homeopathy acupuncture cancer chiropractic naturopathy quackery complementary and alternative medicine national center for complementary and integrative health autism was a quantitive approach to the influence of plausibility in interpreting positive research findings approaches zero even for a powerful study design, when the.
Type iii - soft alternate history: these are works where the plausibility of the setting's alt-history is less important than setting up a world that fits the creator's artistic objectives research is often minimal to moderate and used simply to give some verisimilitude to the setting. This approach to evaluation focuses on the practicali-ties of defining successful outcomes and success cases (brinkerhoff, 2003) and where generalization is not a goal, a case study design, with an emphasis on the collection of qualitative data, might be most appropriate case studies.
If clinical evidence is solid, that is enough, and often in the history of medicine lead to discoveries about mechanism and biology the arrow of research can go both ways – understanding plausibility can lead to new treatments, but discovering new treatments can lead to discoveries about biology and mechanism the two play off each other. Raphael lataster: questioning the plausibility of jesus ahistoricity theories 64 ‡ questioning the plausibility of jesus ahistoricity theories—a brief pseudo-bayesian metacritique of the sources 1 ‡ there have been recent efforts to introduce bayes’ theorem, or at least bayesian reasoning, to the humanities and social sciences. In order to accept the results of study favoring the study treatment, the p value must be at or below the predefined critical p value for most studies in medicine, the critical p value is 05 (specificity 95.
This approach to evaluation focuses on theoretical rather than methodological issues the basic idea is to use the “program’s a case study design, with an emphasis on the collection of qualitative data, might be most appropriate case studies involve in-depth descriptive data collection and analysis of individuals.