Comments on: Historians’ Fallacies http://www.blog4history.com/2009/01/historians-fallacies/ Tue, 27 Dec 2011 05:26:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Chris http://www.blog4history.com/2009/01/historians-fallacies/comment-page-1/#comment-17009 Chris Tue, 07 Sep 2010 02:25:21 +0000 http://www.blog4history.com/?p=489#comment-17009 Mr. Parker, thanks for responding, what specifically did you disagree with? I am confused.... Chris Mr. Parker, thanks for responding, what specifically did you disagree with? I am confused….
Chris

]]> By: P. W. Baker http://www.blog4history.com/2009/01/historians-fallacies/comment-page-1/#comment-17000 P. W. Baker Sun, 05 Sep 2010 08:18:28 +0000 http://www.blog4history.com/?p=489#comment-17000 I disagree on Fischer. As an historian, I have found his book essential to my writing. He consistently calls me back from intellectual escapades and fantasies and demands that I reconsider every conclusion I am convinced is "historically"-based. I found the book very engaging and amusing. It is required reading for anyone who is seriously interested in improving his analysis of history and it application to present or anticipated scenarios. I disagree on Fischer. As an historian, I have found his book essential to my writing. He consistently calls me back from intellectual escapades and fantasies and demands that I reconsider every conclusion I am convinced is “historically”-based. I found the book very engaging and amusing. It is required reading for anyone who is seriously interested in improving his analysis of history and it application to present or anticipated scenarios.

]]> By: The Arthurian http://www.blog4history.com/2009/01/historians-fallacies/comment-page-1/#comment-11566 The Arthurian Sun, 19 Jul 2009 23:23:54 +0000 http://www.blog4history.com/?p=489#comment-11566 Some years back in the op-ed pages of the New York Times was a brief excerpt from The Great Wave, by David Hackett Fischer. The excerpt put my own thoughts into words and put evidence behind them. So I bought the book and loved it. A few years later I was browsing a bookstore, looking for something on logic or on being convincing or on making better arguments. My eye caught a title: Historian's Fallacies. Oh!, I thought, I found something!. When I took the book in my hand I couldn't believe who wrote it: David Hackett Fischer! Both books have been near the top of the pile (so to speak) ever since. My current activity is a project to teach myself about Austrian economics: I am parsing a month's worth of Mises Daily email articles. I want to understand the economics of it, apart from the politics and all else. It was an empty search for "appeal to ego" that brought me to DHF:HF on my bookshelf, then on line, and ultimately here to your blog. If your critical eye is itching, I would welcome your thoughts on my thoughts on Mises' thoughts: http://austriananalysis.blogspot.com/ I'm only a few days into this, FYI. Some years back in the op-ed pages of the New York Times was a brief excerpt from The Great Wave, by David Hackett Fischer. The excerpt put my own thoughts into words and put evidence behind them. So I bought the book and loved it.

A few years later I was browsing a bookstore, looking for something on logic or on being convincing or on making better arguments. My eye caught a title: Historian’s Fallacies. Oh!, I thought, I found something!. When I took the book in my hand I couldn’t believe who wrote it: David Hackett Fischer!

Both books have been near the top of the pile (so to speak) ever since.

My current activity is a project to teach myself about Austrian economics: I am parsing a month’s worth of Mises Daily email articles. I want to understand the economics of it, apart from the politics and all else. It was an empty search for “appeal to ego” that brought me to DHF:HF on my bookshelf, then on line, and ultimately here to your blog.

If your critical eye is itching, I would welcome your thoughts on my thoughts on Mises’ thoughts:
http://austriananalysis.blogspot.com/
I’m only a few days into this, FYI.

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