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Do the Humanities Create Knowledge? by Chris Haufe (2023, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-101316512509
ISBN-139781316512500
eBay Product ID (ePID)3059034345
Product Key Features
Number of Pages264 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameDo the Humanities Create Knowledge?
SubjectEpistemology, General
Publication Year2023
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPhilosophy, Education
AuthorChris Haufe
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2023-000035
Dewey Edition23
Reviews'Constantly interesting and engagingly written, this timely book is destined to generate a lot of interest, both inside and outside academia.' Peter Vickers, Durham University
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal001.301
Table Of Content1. Introduction; 2. 'What would the community think?'; 3. Canon and consensus; 4. Knowing what matters; 5. In defense of how things seem; 6. Reading what lies within; 7. Humanities victorious?; 8. Of interest; 9. The hoax and the humanities.
SynopsisWe often think of people as falling into one of two very different categories: those into science, math, and engineering; or into history, philosophy, and literature. Haufe reveals the unexpected unity underlying different disciplinary efforts to understand our experiences. He makes a vital contribution to wider debates about knowledge-generation., There is in certain circles a widely held belief that the only proper kind of knowledge is scientific knowledge. This belief often runs parallel to the notion that legitimate knowledge is obtained when a scientist follows a rigorous investigative procedure called the 'scientific method'. Chris Haufe challenges this idea. He shows that what we know about the so-called scientific method rests fundamentally on the use of finely tuned human judgments directed toward certain questions about the natural world. He suggests that this dependence on judgment in fact reveals deep affinities between scientific knowledge and another, equally important, sort of comprehension: that of humanistic creative endeavour. His wide-ranging and stimulating new book uncovers the unexpected unity underlying all our efforts - whether scientific or arts-based - to understand human experience. In so doing, it makes a vital contribution to broader conversation about the value of the humanities in an increasingly STEM-saturated educational culture.
LC Classification NumberAZ101.H39 2023
