...conceptualization does not depend upon the nature of the "data" they used to support their generalizations or the theories they invoked to explain them; it depends...field. This is why they cannot be "refuted," or their generalizations "di scon firmed." either by appeal to new data that might be turned up in subsequent...

...their generalizations or the theories they invoked in explaining them'; what matters, it appears, are 'the consistency, coherence, and illuminative power...their respective visions of the historical field'. Furthermore, since nothing depends on the materials employed or the reasoning applied, these historians...

...conceptualization does not depend upon the nature of the "data" they used to support their generalizations or the theories they invoked to explain them; it depends rather upon the consistency, coherence, and the illuminative power of their respective visions of the historical field. This is why they cannot...

...conceptualization does not depend upon the nature of the "data" they used to support their generalizations or the theories they invoked to explain them; it depends...field. This is why they cannot be "refuted," or their generalizations "disconfirmed," either by appeal to new data that might be turned up in subsequent...

...asserted, cannot claim their veracity through the "data" they present. They gain suasion instead by "the consistency, coherence, and illuminative power...their respective visions of the historical field." For White, the best grounds for choosing one historical perspective over another are ultimately aesthetic...