Progress in the humanities?: comparing the objects of culture and science
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1. Verfasser: Gay, Volney Patrick 1948- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York Columbia University Press c2010
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Money and support tend to flow in the direction of economics, science, and other academic departments that demonstrate measurable "progress." The humanities, on the other hand, offer more abstract and uncertain outcomes. A humanist's objects of study are more obscure in certain ways than pathogens and cells. Consequently, it seems as if the humanities never truly progress. Is this a fair assessment?By comparing objects of science, such as the brain, the galaxy, the amoeba, and the quark, with objects of humanistic inquiry, such as the poem, the photograph, the belief, and the philosophical con
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xi, 231 p)
ISBN:9780231519816

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