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__ Knowledge Issues that Could be Explored __ 1. What is the contextual focus of History? Should historians consider the present and possible future when evaluating the past? 2. What is the contextual focus of the Human Sciences? Should the human scientist consider the historical context of the situation they are evaluating? 3. To what extent is history cyclical and what does this say about the value of historical investigations? 4. Can we ever truly understand the past given the gaps in the historical record? 5. What is the role of reason in History? Can we apply our present rational systems to the past? 6. What is the role of emotion in analyzing the past? Can we effectively emphasize with people from the past because of our common humanity or are we unable to overcome the difference in context? 7. What is the role of reason (induction) in the Human Sciences? Can we reliably extrapolate into the future to predict future events? 8. Are we able to objectively observe human behavior? 9. Others? __Development Activity__

Create a mind map with the title in the center and the above knowledge issues branching off of it. Continue to build off these knowledge issues with other sub knowledge issues and/or demonstrative examples in the 6 AOKs. If you can think of other knowledge issues that could also be considered, add those branches as well.