epistemological and axiological aspects of historical past reconstruction

Abstract

The article is devoted to the definition of epistemological and axiological
status of historical past reconstruction. The author has developed a classification
of types of history reconstruction. Basing on one of the analyzed approaches the author
offers his own concept of scientific reconstruction as an integral process of historical
knowledge with a well-designed internal structure, including the influence of
values and moral judgments of a historian, thus helping to overcome bias and subjectivity
in the descriptions and evaluations of past events.