eng Science and Education Publishing American Journal of Educational Research 2327-6150 2018-11-28 6 11 1558 1564 10.12691/education-6-11-15 EDUCATION201861115 article LOBO R.C.G. rodrigo.lobo@guttman.cuny.edu 1 ANDRADE-GUARIDO F.A. 2 Guttman CC, The City University of New York, New York, United States Law Program, FAE University Center, Curitiba, Brazil This essay presents an investigation into the possibility of inference of causality from historical research, starting from the perception that the encounter of the causal explanation of an event is among the main motivations of many researchers. It begins with an explanatory analysis of cause, determinism and principle of causality, followed by history and historical method. It uses bibliographic data and positions itself as an interaction of social practice. The analysis was made from dialogical debates on content and theoretical triangulations, with the application of a dialectical model, based on positivism and interpretivism. The work seeks to bring to the scientific community an analysis on the subject. http://pubs.sciepub.com/education/6/11/15/education-6-11-15.pdf cause causality determinism principle of causality historical research