@article {322172,
	title = {Hoe geschiedenis tot lering strekt},
	journal = {Ethiek en Maatschappij},
	volume = {6},
	year = {2003},
	pages = {47{\textendash}54},
	abstract = {<p>How History Can Teach Us  Counterfactual questions (hypothetical questions of which the premises contradict the historical facts) are not often explicitly used in historical research to identify causes of particular facts. The methodology of thought experiments offers nevertheless important opportunities to contemporary historiography. One could even ask oneself if historical research is possible at all without so called what if-questions. Just like analogies, thought experiments are necessary to complete the mental process which interpretes causes and effects of human behaviour in history. Therefore, counterfactual thought experiments can easily be traced in the construction of historical explanations.</p>},
	issn = {1373-0975},
	author = {De Mey, Tim}
}
