A Philosophy of the Humanities

Grimm, Stephen R./ Peels, Rik/ van Woudenberg, René

Oxford University Press Inc（2025/09発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 280 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780197749609
• DDC分類 001.301

Full Description

Co-authored by three philosophers, this ground-breaking book explores a range of new and classic questions concerning the humanities. For example, do the humanities (like the sciences) really make progress? Is there anything that unifies scholarship in the humanities, across fields as diverse as history, literary studies, philosophy, and musicology? And what should we make of the political aims of the humanities--for example, the desire by many scholars in the humanities to uncover systems of oppression and domination? Does this interfere with "objective" scholarship or not?

In many ways this book is the first of its kind, considering new topics such as the value of replication studies in the humanities, and deference to other humanities scholars. A Philosophy of the Humanities offers new ways of thinking about the nature of the humanities and the distinctive contributions they make to human understanding.

Contents

Preface
Chapter 1: Philosophy of the Humanities: What and Why?
Chapter 2: The Objects of the Humanities
Chapter 3: The Epistemic Goals of the Humanities
Chapter 4: Authority and Deference in the Humanities
Chapter 5: Methods and Interpretation in the Humanities
Chapter 6: Perspectives, Social Constructions, Standpoints, and Truth in the Humanities
Chapter 7: The Humanities and Political Aims
Chapter 8: Progress in the Humanities
Chapter 9: Replication in the Humanities
Chapter 10: The Future of the Philosophy of the Humanities

Bibliography
Index