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After postmodernism A naturalistic reconstruction of the humanities /

The philosophy of the humanistic sciences has been a blind-spot in analytic philosophy. This book argues that by adopting an appropriate pragmatic analysis of explanation and interpretation it is possible to show that scientific practice of humanistic sciences can be understood on similar lines to s...

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Main Authors: Faye, Jan.
Published:
Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Science and the humanities > Philosophy.
Post-postmodernism.
Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge.
Philosophy of science.
Philosophy.
Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230355484
Summary: The philosophy of the humanistic sciences has been a blind-spot in analytic philosophy. This book argues that by adopting an appropriate pragmatic analysis of explanation and interpretation it is possible to show that scientific practice of humanistic sciences can be understood on similar lines to scientific practice of natural and social sciences.
Item Description: Electronic book text.
Epublication based on: 9780230348561.
Carrier Form: 232 p.
ISBN: 9780230348561
9780230355484 :
023035548X :
CLC: B0
Contents: Introduction From Geisteswissenschaft to Human Science The Naturalization of the Humanities Explanation in the Sciences of Man The Pragmatics of Interpretation The Aims of Interpretation How to Overcome a Myth? Neomodernism -- A New Approach to Humanistic Science? Conclusion References.

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