The Argument from Silence in Religio-Historical Research
Arguments from silence have a bad taste in historical research. They are seen as weak, and if discovered as part of a line of reasoning, a sign of an ill-conceived approach. Interestingly, arguments from silence are more widespread than usually admitted while at the same time little explored in hist...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2021
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Religion in the Roman empire
Year: 2021, Volume: 7, Issue: 3, Pages: 430-456 |
| Further subjects: | B
Historiography
B Probability B Evidence B argumentum e silentio |
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| Summary: | Arguments from silence have a bad taste in historical research. They are seen as weak, and if discovered as part of a line of reasoning, a sign of an ill-conceived approach. Interestingly, arguments from silence are more widespread than usually admitted while at the same time little explored in historiography, philosophy and logic. The present article invites to reflect on the nature of such arguments, their heuristic and logical value, and tests them in a few cases in the history of religion. |
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| ISSN: | 2199-4471 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religion in the Roman empire
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1628/rre-2021-0027 |