"Living Witness" and Historical
Evidence.
Meta Treks hosts Mike Morrison and Zachary Fruhling discuss
historical evidence and the philosophy of history through the Star
Trek: Voyager episode "Living Witness." Topics in this episode
include weighing competing interpretations of historical evidence,
reinterpreting accepted historical accounts, the reliability or
unreliability of first-person accounts, uncovering lost or
suppressed historical perspectives, historical revisionism vs.
historical context, genealogy and reconstructing the past, and the
distinction between historical "facts" and historical
"meaning."
Chapters
Welcome to Episode 14 (00:01:07)
Synopsis of "Living Witness" (00:08:14)
Historical Evidence and Multiple Interpretations (00:17:33)
Re-interpreting the Accepted Historical Account (00:25:00)
Questioning the Doctor: The Reliability of First-Person Accounts
(00:27:53)
Uncovering the Lost Perspectives (00:34:51)
Historical Revisionism vs. Historical Context (00:36:48)
Genealogy and Reconstructing the Past (00:40:45)
Two Interpretations of "Living Witness" (00:43:46)
The Voyager Event: Historical Facts vs. Historical Meaning
(00:47:57)
Final Thoughts (00:56:33)