History and Philosophy of the Humanities Leezenberg DR. Michiel
History and Philosophy of the Humanities Leezenberg DR. Michiel The humanities include disciplines as diverse as literary theory, linguistics, history, film studies, theology, and philosophy. The…
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History and Philosophy of the Humanities Leezenberg DR. Michiel
The humanities include disciplines as diverse as literary theory, linguistics, history, film studies, theology, and philosophy. The tripartite division between the natural sciences, the social sciences and the humanities may seem self-evident, but it only arose during the course of the 19th century and is still contested today. Do these various fields of study have anything in common that distinguishes them from, say, physics or sociology?
In four sections, it discusses:the most influential views on scientific knowledge from Aristotle to Thomas Kuhn;the birth of the modern humanities and its relation to the natural and social sciences;the various methodological schools and conceptual issues in the 'History and Philosophy of the Humanities: An Introduction' presents a reasoned overview of the conceptual and historical backgrounds of the humanities.