After Postmodernism [electronic resource] : A Naturalistic Reconstruction of the Humanities /
Faye, Jan.author.
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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Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1 From Geisteswissenschaft to Human Science; Dualism, idealism, and neo-Kantianism; Hermeneutics; Constructivism and deconstructivism; Different interests - different sciences; Between biologism and social constructivism; Ideas which the humanities should live by; 2 The Naturalization of the Humanities; What is naturalization?; Human science is not brain science; Norms, meanings, and perspectives; Normative discourses; Private lives; The construction of social reality; 3 Explanation in the Sciences of Man
Explanation as an act of communicationIntentional explanations; Explanation in the social sciences; Explanation in the humanities; 4 The Pragmatics of Interpretation; The standard view of interpretation; Interpretation as explanation; The object of interpretation; Two notions of interpretation; Why everything is not interpretation; The epistemic status of interpretation; 5 The Aims of Interpretation; Interpretation as answering questions; Can interpretations be objective?; The resurrection of the author; Seeing art and literature as evocative communication; Eco's dilemma
6 How to Overcome a Myth?Theory pluralism; Las Meninas; Interpretation and evaluation; The norms of scientific interpretation; 7 Neomodernism - A New Approach to Humanistic Science?; Norms; Facts and truth; Interpretation; Meaning; The source of the phenomena; The unity of the sciences; What then?; Conclusion; Notes; References; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Epistemology.
Philosophy and science.
Pragmatism.
Social sciences—Philosophy.
Movement (Philosophy).
Postmodernism.
Epistemology.
Philosophy of Science.
Pragmatism.
Social Philosophy.
Philosophical Traditions.
Postmodern Philosophy.