If there is a discipline bastardized in Argentina today is history. Frankly it is more bastardized the Policy, which is saying a lot. "I exaggerate? You see, despite the extreme corruption, I know no politician who comes to call themselves the megalomania of "statesman." Instead it is common to see the lawyers, doctors or teachers of history are called "history." Like many philosophy graduates call themselves "philosophers." Can more megalomania or bragging? Perhaps another time we can discuss the details of this phenomenon, too commercial, now monopolized by a skilled tradespeople, not named so as not to help to advertise, who allegedly, in addition to having a real flea market history the Bible by the water heater, has the virtue of creating enthusiasts. But what interests me now, say that one consequence of this handling is that it allows some graduates in history, to simplify reality with purported categories within that discipline, which often, in fact, only more or less witty phrases.
The case that concerns me is an article published in The Bonfire entitled: "There are those who want to see Cristina in her nightgown, in which the author begins by stating that a good tool to understand the story in motion is to ask who benefits and who hurts the events analyzed. Such thinking - Is this a fallacy? - I drop equal to that view, saying that the truth or error of a social or political fact is verified by the results.
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The case that concerns me is an article published in The Bonfire entitled: "There are those who want to see Cristina in her nightgown, in which the author begins by stating that a good tool to understand the story in motion is to ask who benefits and who hurts the events analyzed. Such thinking - Is this a fallacy? - I drop equal to that view, saying that the truth or error of a social or political fact is verified by the results.
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