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Mark argues that historians should try to record what it was like to experience past events, which is supported by the reasoning that this approach would convey an understanding of those events. Mark offers the example of a foot soldier’s direct experience of the Battle of Waterloo to further support his point: this is the knowledge historians should try to convey.
Carla concludes that historians should instead describe the past in a general and objective way. This is because capturing a direct experience means one must choose which individual’s perspective is most important, which would lead to a biased version of history. There are many different individuals who lived in the past, each of whom would offer a different perspective.
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Carla doesn't claim that Mark misunderstands historical events. She instead shows a disadvantage of Mark's proposal about how historians should describe historical events.
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Carla doesn't question whether people can understand each other's feelings. Her concern is that this isn't the proper goal to begin with—focusing too much on individual historical perspectives would lead to bias.
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Carla explains that selecting which historical figure's perspective to use when describing any given event would introduce bias into history—in other words, distort it.
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Carla doesn't claim that Mark misunderstands generalized and objective historical writing. In fact, it's not even clear that Mark "deplores" this kind of writing. He just thinks there's a better alternative.
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We have no idea whether Mark has any professional self-interest involved in this debate. Carla doesn't bring up Mark's professional self-interest, or make any other kind of personal attack.
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