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    It is not the case that The philosopher must do more than reproduce the results of empirical history — he must illuminate them by bringing knowledge of the Idea to bear upon the data

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    • 1.Empirical historical knowledge has its own internal standards of validity that cannot be overridden by a priori conceptual schemes.
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    • 2.Imposing the structure of the Idea onto historical data distorts the contingent particularity that makes historical facts historically significant.
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    • 3.Collingwood argued that historical understanding requires re-enacting past thought on its own terms, not subordinating it to external rational frameworks.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.Popper's critique establishes that historicist frameworks claiming to reveal necessary rational structures in history are unfalsifiable and thus epistemically illegitimate.
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    • 2.A claim that elevates contingent empirical contents to 'necessary truth' conflates the logical modality of conceptual necessity with the modal status of historical events.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.The results of empirical history serve as data for the philosopher
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    • 2.Knowledge of the Idea (the formal articulation of reason) can be applied to empirical contents
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    • 3.Applying such knowledge elevates empirical contents to the rank of necessary truth
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