This is an extremely controversial question, however, I believe that it is correct to say that the past is valid. In contrast it is probably unknowable because we are forced to believe the documentation, which people have recorded in the past if we want to learn about history. This documentation may not be completely correct in any case, it may be biased, or it may be impartial. Pictures may be taken out of context and …showed first 75 words of 261 total…

…showed last 75 words of 261 total…knowledge and historical truth are two completely different things. I do not generally believe in historical truth, however, there are two truths. For example, it is historical truth that world war two existed; however, it may not be historical truth why. Documents and evidence may be incorrect and so you cannot know what the truth is. However, historical knowledge is not like historical truth at all, it is knowledge you have accumulated about the past.