Credibility

From these two articles, I’d come to the questions of “what was really true,” and “was it creditable?” Both Poynor and Weschler state countless historic facts about the credibility arose from writings/theories such as Mandeville’s tale of the foreign land. His credibility was in question because everyone thought it was only a fable, and in the end he was branded a liar. Then like Greenblatt has noted, “since the East Indies were discovered, we find his relations true of such things as heretofore were held incredible.” This point is proven again and again throughout the two articles with the credibility from the ancient times, discoveries, facts, etc. Suddenly everything becomes logical and creditable overnight.

Of course doubts still linger, but it nonetheless makes us think critically and logically. In turn it leaves us open-minded and somewhat enlightened—it opens our mind to the vast possibilities out there. From this class, we are suppose to create a classification system of our own, and after reading these articles, I really want to create one that would seem logical and creditable in a sense of theory.