Val, thanks-- nicely said.

Originally Posted by Val
I think of history as being a science of the humanities, primarily because you have to provide evidence for what you're claiming.

Actually, all fields of the humanities are like this-- art history, literary criticism, any of these fields requires evidence for one's interpretations. Sometimes evidence comes from within the text one's analyzing ("see this passage? I understand it to mean...") and sometimes from outside the text (historical/contextual). But there should always be evidence.

DeeDee