After Postmodernism
A Naturalistic Reconstruction of the Humanities
Published on 22. November 2011
Book
Hardback
VI, 224 pages
978-0-230-34856-1 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Edition
2012 edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Paper over boards
Illustrations
VI, 224 p.
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 146 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
481 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-230-34856-1 (9780230348561)
DOI
10.1057/9780230355484
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Person
JAN FAYE Professor of the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. He has written and edited a number of books in the areas of philosophy of science and metaphysics. Among the English books published are
The Reality of the Future
(1989);
Niels Bohr: His Heritage and Legacy
(1991); and
Rethinking Science
(2002).
Content
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