The Uncertain Sciences
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The Uncertain Sciences

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The Uncertain Sciences

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This sweeping inquiry into the present condition of the human sciences addresses the central questions: What sort of knowledge do the human sciences claim to be offering? To what extent can that knowledge be called scientific? and What do we mean by "scientific" in such a context?

In this wide-ranging book, one of the most esteemed cultural historians of our time turns his attention to major questions about human experience and various attempts to understand it "scientifically." Mazlish considers the achievements, failings, and possibilities of the human sciences--a domain that he broadly defines to include the social sciences, literature, psychology, and hermeneutic studies.

In a rich and original synthesis built upon the work of earlier philosophers and historians, Mazlish constructs a new view of the nature and meaning of the human sciences. Starting with the remote human past and moving through the Age of Discovery to the present day, Mazlish discusses the sort of knowledge the human sciences claim to offer. He looks closely at the positivistic aspirations of the human sciences, which are modeled after the natural sciences, and at their interpretive tendencies. In an analysis of scientific method and scientific community, he explores the roles they can or should assume in the human sciences. His approach is genuinely interdisciplinary, drawing upon an array of topics, from civil society to globalization to the interactions of humans and machines.

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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2017
ISBN
9781351302388
Edition
1
Topic
Historia
Subtopic
Historia del mundo

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. Introduction to the Transaction Edition
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Introduction
  8. 1. The Problem of the Human Sciences
  9. 2. Positivism
  10. 3. The Human Species as an Object of Study
  11. 4. Hermeneutics
  12. 5. Some Achievements to Date
  13. 6. The Uncertain Sciences
  14. 7. “Da Capo,” or Back to the Beginning
  15. Appendix: Statistics
  16. Notes
  17. Critical Bibliography
  18. Index