Failure to profit from patterns of history
- Denial of the lessons of history
- Failure of opposing groups to appropriate the wisdom of the past
- Perceived irrelevance of past experience
Nature
Historical research has failed to illuminate the patterns of history so that everyone may utilize the significant lessons of the past. People thus see no meaning in the past and are ignorant of their heritage. This isolates them in the present without an historical or a future context. The past needs to be viewed in such a way that people can understand who they are now and how best to move into the future.
Claim
Life can only be understood backward, but it must be lived forward (Kierkegaard).
Hindsight is an exact science.
Counter-claim
In any given set of circumstances, the proper course of action is determined by subsequent events.
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Metadata
Database
World problems
Type
(F) Fuzzy exceptional problems
Subject
Commerce » Finance
Design » Patterns
Education » Educational level
History » History
Societal problems » Deprivation
Societal problems » Failure
Content quality
Presentable
Language
English
Last update
Oct 28, 2020