Eddie Evans's List: recognizing bias

• bias and prejudice may invalidate an author's claim.
• When writing about history, our ability to detect and identify such bias and prejudice is a valuable and necessary skill.
• Please note that bias and prejudice, although they may invalidate an author's claims, do not necessarily disqualify that author's work as a suitable subject for consideration. If you do include references to biased and prejudiced works, however, be sure to qualify your references by pointing to the works' underlying bias.
• Be sure to carefully examine any author's premise, argument, and methodology to ascertain whether he or she has consciously or unwittingly pursued the above strategies
• Finally, beware of presenting biased or prejudiced views of your own, or manufacturing dishonest evidence.

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