DIVINE WORD COLLEGE

OF LEGAZPI

READINGS IN

PHILIPPINE

HISTORY W/

PHIL. CONST.

& AGRARIAN

SUBMITTED BY:
AUDREY GAYLE
GERVACIO
BSMAC 1 (BLOCK A)
TOPIC 3 - HISTORICAL CRITICISM

Using the diagram below discuss the similarities and differences

of Internal and External.

INTERNAL CRITICISM EXTERNAL CRITICISM

is the researcher's effort to recover

the text's sense.
Done after conducting External
Criticism
It verifies the authenticity of the
available information provided by the
source.
Sometimes called as “higher criticism”
the stage in hermeneutics where the
scholar focuses on the essence of the
text rather than the document's
exterior features.
It examines the material authenticity
of a source.
It focuses on the physical attributes of
the recovered materials of the past.
concerned with establishing the
authenticity or genuineness of data.
Also called lower criticism.
part of the historical method which
determines the authenticity of the
source.

Any source material collected should

be subjected to both external and
internal criticism.
Both are used to avoid the mistakes of
the past
Both are used to apply lessons from
the past to current problems
Studies the past to make predictions
about the present
Used to understand present practices
and policies in light of the past
Used to examine trends across time

SIMILARITIES