After Postmodernism: A Naturalistic Reconstruction of the Humanities

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.

Author: Jan Faye
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 11/22/2011
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.60w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780230348561

About the Author
JAN FAYE Professor of the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. He has written and edited a number of books in the areas of philosophy of science and metaphysics. Among the English books published are The Reality of the Future (1989); Niels Bohr: His Heritage and Legacy (1991); and Rethinking Science (2002).