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After Postmodernism Jan Faye

After Postmodernism By Jan Faye

After Postmodernism by Jan Faye


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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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After Postmodernism: A Naturalistic Reconstruction of the Humanities by Jan Faye

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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About Jan Faye

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).

Table of 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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NPB9780230348561
9780230348561
0230348564
After Postmodernism: A Naturalistic Reconstruction of the Humanities by Jan Faye
New
Hardback
Palgrave Macmillan
2011-11-22
224
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