Concepedia

Historical Objectivity

Historical Objectivity is the epistemological ideal in historiography whereby historical accounts are rendered free from subjective bias, personal values, or ideological influence, thereby striving to represent past events as they actually occurred based on rigorous methodological standards and critical evaluation of evidence.

74

Publications

3.7K

Citations

83

Authors

26

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

5

Parents

Publications

74

Telling the Truth About History

The Annals of Iowa · 1995 · 704 citations · Full text

, , +9

Objectivity and Historicism: A Century of American Historical Writing

James T. Kloppenberg, Peter Novick · The American Historical Review · 1989 · 324 citations

, , +13

An Introduction to Philosophy of History

John Herman Randall, W. H. Walsh · The American Historical Review · 1953 · 167 citations

, , +10

Conjuring Pakistan: History as Official Imagining

Ayesha Jalal · International Journal Middle East Studies · 1995 · 153 citations

, , +13

Baconian facts, academic civility and the prehistory of objectivity

Lorraine Daston · MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) · 1991 · 140 citations

, , +7

1–5 of 74

Authors

83

  1. TM
    Theodore M. Porter

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    2 publications · 56 citations

    2

    h-index

  2. TL
    Thomas L. Haskell

    Rice University, United States

    2 publications · 39 citations

    2

    h-index

  3. KH
    Kerry H. Whiteside

    Franklin & Marshall College, United States

    1 publications · 16 citations

    1

    h-index

  4. YC
    Yŏng-ho Chʿŏe

    1 publications · 15 citations

    1

    h-index

  5. RA
    Raymond Aron

    École Pratique des Hautes Études, France

    1 publications · 55 citations

    1

    h-index

1–5 of 83

Institutions

26

  1. King's College London

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    76 citations

  2. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    29 citations

  3. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    34 citations

  4. University of East London

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    22 citations

  5. Newcastle upon Tyne Hospital

    Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    15 citations

  6. University of Kentucky

    Lexington, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    15 citations

  7. Arizona State University

    Tempe, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    38 citations

  8. Leiden University

    Leiden, The Netherlands

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

1–8 of 26

Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 7 publications · 320 citations

    7

    h-index

  2. History and Theory

    7 publications · 217 citations

    7

    h-index

  3. The American Historical Review

    AHR · 6 publications · 637 citations

    6

    h-index

  4. Journal of American History

    2 publications · 67 citations

    2

    h-index

  5. Philosophy

    2 publications · 49 citations

    2

    h-index

1–5