Discussion
According to R.G. Collingwood, historical knowledge is :
Answer: B
For Collingwood, historical knowledge is Subjective and evolving.
In The Idea of History, R.G. Collingwood held that 'all history is the history of thought': the historian re-enacts past thought in his own mind, and each generation must rewrite history from its own standpoint. So historical knowledge depends on the historian and keeps changing.
He rejected the idea of history as fixed and absolute, as a natural science on the empirical model, or as a mere compilation of recorded facts, which he called 'scissors-and-paste' history.
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