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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
State Univ of New York Pr
Publication date
June 1, 2000
Pages
448
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780791446034
ISBN-10
0791446034
Dimensions
1 by 6.25 by 9.25 in.
Weight
1.60 lbs.
Original list price
$82.50
Other format details
university press
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Amazon.com description: Product Description: Offers historical and philosophical arguments for treating the humanities as sciences.
Human Sciences assesses the importance and value of the humanities historically and philosophically, and makes the case for treating them as sciences. Through careful examination of the characteristics they share with the natural and social sciences, as well as what distinguishes them from other scientific fields, the book argues that the humanities may be seen to correspond with the German/Latin Wissenschaft/scientia―that is, as systematic, organized bodies of knowledge, rather than as branches of knowledge that should necessarily emulate the quantitative and experimental approach of the natural sciences. After analyzing the humanities from historical and philosophical perspectives, the book presents a general philosophy of science that results from an analysis of the features that are shared by the humanities and the natural and social sciences, and then applies some of these insights to philosophical problems of particular relevance for the humanities, such as moral philosophy and the relation between art and cognition.
Human Sciences assesses the importance and value of the humanities historically and philosophically, and makes the case for treating them as sciences. Through careful examination of the characteristics they share with the natural and social sciences, as well as what distinguishes them from other scientific fields, the book argues that the humanities may be seen to correspond with the German/Latin Wissenschaft/scientia―that is, as systematic, organized bodies of knowledge, rather than as branches of knowledge that should necessarily emulate the quantitative and experimental approach of the natural sciences. After analyzing the humanities from historical and philosophical perspectives, the book presents a general philosophy of science that results from an analysis of the features that are shared by the humanities and the natural and social sciences, and then applies some of these insights to philosophical problems of particular relevance for the humanities, such as moral philosophy and the relation between art and cognition.
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Hardcover
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from State Univ of New York Pr (June 1, 2000)
9780791446034 | details & prices | 448 pages | 6.25 × 9.25 × 1.00 in. | 1.60 lbs | List price $82.50
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Paperback
from State Univ of New York Pr (June 1, 2000)
9780791446041 | details & prices | 448 pages | 6.00 × 8.75 × 1.00 in. | 1.25 lbs | List price $33.95
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