Paul ricoeur 's Objectivity and Subjectivity in History 1. The incomplete objectivity in historical study. b. Conception of causalin∴ o According to Ernest Nagel's classification explanation can be differentiated into: deductive model, probabilistic explanation, functional explanation and genetic explanation. He characterizes that"historicalinquiries frequently undertake to explain why it is that a given subject has certain characteristics, by describing how the subject has evolved out of some earlierone Such explanations are commonly called genetic. (NageL,1961, p 25) 2 In this kind ofexplanations, what historians seek to attain is not determinations but conditions or fields ofinfluence opportunities, etc.Ricoeur, 1965, p. 277 1. The incomplete objectivity in historical study: b. Conception of causality:  According to Ernest Nagel’s classification explanation can be differentiated into: deductive model, probabilistic explanation, functional explanation and genetic explanation. He characterizes that “historical inquiries frequently undertake to explain why it is that a given subject has certain characteristics, by describing how the subject has evolved out of some earlier one. Such explanations are commonly called ‘genetic’.” (Nagel, 1961, p. 25)  In this kind of explanations, what historians seek to attain is not determinations but conditions or “fields of influence, opportunities, etc.” (Ricoeur, 1965, p. 27) Paul Ricoeur’s Objectivity and Subjectivity in History