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conjectural history: a standalone construct

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Historiography

a Scottish Enlightenment method of reconstructing how institutions probably developed when direct evidence is missing, using general principles of human nature.

In historiography, conjectural history refers to a Scottish Enlightenment method of reconstructing how institutions probably developed when direct evidence is missing, using general principles of human nature. This meaning comes from Höpfl (1978) in Journal of British Studies.[1]

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  1. Höpfl, H. M. (1978). From Savage to Scotsman: Conjectural History in the Scottish Enlightenment. Journal of British Studies, 17(2), 19-40. https://doi.org/10.1086/385720

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