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How can an historian acknowledge personal bias yet stay true to the historic method?

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There are several things that historians can do in order to do that, such as :

- Collecting as many as historical proof as possible
- They need to address the fact that their analytic may not be an absolute truth and could potentially be wrong
- Rely on objectivity over subjectivity

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How can an historian acknowledge personal bias yet stay true to the historic method?

Answer: The way that historians can acknowledge personal bias and yet stay true to the historic method is by making sure that descriptions of past people and events, interpretations of historical subjects, and genetic explanations of historical changes to be fair and not misleading. Of course we should understand that personal bias a deplorable and should be avoided at all costs.

I hope it helps, Regards.
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