For example, the student who reads only philosophy assumes that ideas invariably cause changes in history rather than interests, technological developments, aesthetic pursuits, or religious beliefs. Insofar as the Historical Reasoning course will serve as students' introduction to history, it is strongly urged therefore that they learn how to reason historically largely through the reading and discussion of primary sources and that these sources reflect the variety of past human experience. History specifically enables human beings to know themselves through the study of their political, cultural, and moral inheritances. The study of history enables people to understand fully their ideas and institutions by tracing them to their foundations and exploring their change over time. Furthermore, history challenges present assumptions by confronting students with forms of action and thought altogether different from those with which they are familiar.
History is also useful since it trains the mind to interpret any human events, past or present.
No promises can be made here.