This interdisciplinary book addresses the key questions posed by the postmodernist challenge: Is it possible to reflect and criticize in an age when every claim to truth is placed under suspicion? Are social critics contaminated by the same ideological distortions they identify in society? The te
After Postmodernism: A Naturalistic Reconstruction of the Humanities
β Scribed by Jan Faye (auth.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 231
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-vi
Introduction....Pages 1-7
From Geisteswissenschaft to Human Science....Pages 8-28
The Naturalization of the Humanities....Pages 29-56
Explanation in the Sciences of Man....Pages 57-81
The Pragmatics of Interpretation....Pages 82-107
The Aims of Interpretation....Pages 108-142
How to Overcome a Myth?....Pages 143-175
Neomodernism β A New Approach to Humanistic Science?....Pages 176-198
Conclusion....Pages 199-206
Back Matter....Pages 207-224
β¦ Subjects
Epistemology; Philosophy of Science; Pragmatism; Social Philosophy; Philosophical Traditions; Postmodern Philosophy
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