BACAS, Jagimae D.

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BACLAAN, Jessa Mae B. July 7, 2019
MACAHILOS, Scott B.

AUTHENTICITY CREDIBILITY

Qualities Problem Qualities Problem

● Advantageou ● Forgeries of ● Not usually ● One cannot

s especially documents on what had ask a simple
in law courts ● Fabrication actually question
● Common in ● Bolstering happened without
police and claim or title but as close knowing
legal ● Counterfeite to what enough
detection d documents actually is about some
● May be for sale ● Verisimilitud problems in
anachronistic ● Political e over the history.
or something propaganda objective ● Hypothesis
that is not in ● Misinterpreta truth may be full-
its correct tions of the ● Conforms to pledged
chronology nature of a critical ● Few
● Viable if printed works examination documents
handwriting, due to of the are
signature, editor’s tricks sources recognized
seal, ● Some events ● Credible as a whole
letterhead or are too early through ● Determinatio
watermark is or too late or careful n of
identifiable too remote or testing in appropriate
● Uses anachronism accordance date
techniques of style and with the ● Personal
such as allusions canons of equation
isographies, ● Some historical ● Danger of
paleography documents method the leading
and or works ● Involves no question
diplomatics contain judgment of ● Authors who
● Usage of words or value are
style, phrases or ● Contradicts competent to
grammar, whole no other tell the truth
orthography passage that knowledge but
and opinions are not available consciously
can reveal contained in ● Logically or
the author’s others acceptable unconsciousl
originality ● Garble ● Avoids y tells
● Sciences documents generalizatio falsehood
 auxiliary to ● Demand of n ● Propaganda
history collectors ● Testing ● Prevarication
● Internal ● Sometimes through pro ● The desire to
criticism can historical or con please or to
arise the facts are ● Few displease
authenticity based only documents ● Literary style
of the source on some are ● Authors
practical joke significant appearing
● Documents ● Reliability of omniscient
that has the an author rather than to
intention to can prove its use the less
mislead credibility vigorous
● Less ● Any single word
mercenary detail of ● Laws and
consideratio testimony is conditions
ns credible oblige
● Textual ● May able to witness to
restoration pass four depart from
test: (1) Was strict veracity
the ultimate ● Inexact
source of the dating of
detail able to historical
tell the truth? documents
(2) Was the ● Expectations
primary or
witness anticipations
willing to tell ● Unwillingnes
the truth? (3) s to tell the
Is the truth whether
primary intentional or
witness subconsciou
accurately s leads to
reported with misstatemen
regard to the t of facts
detail under more often
examination than
? (4) Is there omission of
any fact
independent ● Document
corroboration obtained by
of the detail fake or fraud,
under based on
examination hearsay, or
? from an
● Stems from interested
observation, witness
 recollection, ● The ability to
and test mistakes
recording can be
● Accept as subject to
historical suspension
only those ● Egocentrism
particulars ● Author
which rest identification
upon the
independent
testimony of
two or more
reliable
witnesses
● Free from
anachronism
● Honest
opinions over
conformity