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The Humanities and the Understanding of Reality /

In their concern with the perennial controversy between the two great areas in which men seek knowledge, three eminent literary scholars and a distinguished journalist in these essays address themselves to the question, ""Do the humanities provide a form of understanding of reality that th...

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Corporate Author: University of Kentucky
Other Authors: Stroup, Thomas B. (Thomas Bradley), 1903-1992 (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington, Kentucky : University of Kentucky Press, 1966.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:In their concern with the perennial controversy between the two great areas in which men seek knowledge, three eminent literary scholars and a distinguished journalist in these essays address themselves to the question, ""Do the humanities provide a form of understanding of reality that the sciences do not?""Monroe C. Beardsley maintains that the humanities considered as contributors to knowledge must deal with the same subject matter as the sciences, but literature and the arts can enlarge our powers of understanding human nature, although not in the way the sciences do (under empirically or.
Item Description:Four papers delivered as lectures at the conference on the humanitites held as a part of the centennial program at the University of Kentucky on October 22-23, 1965.
Physical Description:1 online resource (96 pages).
ISBN:9780813164465