O meta-metodologii historii tez kilka

The author addresses the problem of the status of the methodology of history as an empirical science. The methodologist of history, like the historian, works with sources, but these are historiographical. These sources are various forms of representation of the past, from classic historiographical texts to, for example, contemporary multimedia museum narratives. They become the direct object of observation and research conducted by methodologists of history. On the other hand, the subject of the cognition of the methodology of history are that which cannot be seen directly: the methodological awareness of historians and the rules governing their research practice. This approach to practising methodology serves to build bridges between historians ‑ practitioners and theoreticians of historiography. The academic textbook Introduction to the Methodology of History also grows out of this conviction. As its co‑editor and co‑author, I am convinced that the future of the humanities and historical sciences is closely correlated with the growth of methodological culture and the application of theory to research. Without this, history's status as a science will continue to be questioned.