Question

(1) What is historiography?
(2) What did René Descartes insisted
upon ?​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. Historiography is the study of the methods of historians in developing history as an academic disciples , and by extension is any body of historical work on a particular subject.

2. Rene Descartes insisted upon verifying the reliability of historical sources or documents by critically examining them. He focused upon scientific method of research.

Answer 2

Answer:

  1   Historiography is the study of the methods of historians in developing history as an academic discipline, and by extension is any body of historical work on a particular subject.

2   His best known philosophical statement is "I think, therefore I am" (French: Je pense, donc je suis; Latin: Ego cogito, ergo sum), found in Discourse on the Method (1637; written in French and Latin) and Principles of Philosophy (1644; written in Latin).