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History and philosophy of the humanities : an introduction /

The humanities include disciplines as diverse as literary theory, linguistics, history, film studies, theology, and philosophy. Do these various fields of study have anything in common, which distinguishes them from e.g. physics or sociology? The tripartite division between the natural sciences, the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Leezenberg, Michiel (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Dutch
Publicado: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2018]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction. Part 1. Standard images of science
  • The birth of the modern natural sciences
  • Logical empiricism and critical rationalism
  • Historicizing the philosophy of science.
  • Part 2. The rise of the humanities. The birth of the modern humanities
  • Developing new disciplines
  • Between hermeneutics and the natural sciences: in search of a method.
  • Part 3. Styles and currents in the humanities. Critical theory
  • Positivism and structuralism
  • The practice turn.
  • Part 4. Modernity and identity. Critique of modernity
  • Gender, sex, and sexuality
  • Postcolonialism.