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The Geography of Insight : The Sciences, the Humanities, How They Differ, Why They Matter.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (145 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780190865139
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Geography of InsightDDC classification:
  • 001.3
LOC classification:
  • BF449.5 .F654 2018
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Half title -- The Geography of Insight -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. The Humanities and Sciences Are Different -- 2. The Distinctions -- Indexical vs. Non-​Indexical -- Perspectival vs. Non-​Perspectival -- Prescriptive vs. Descriptive -- Individual vs. Collective -- 3. Secondary Differences -- An Endpoint to Inquiry -- Intellectual Progress -- Intellectual Authority -- Simplicity and Complexity -- Involvement with Mentality -- 4. Related Topics -- Philosophy, the Humanities, the Sciences -- Stories as Sources of Insight -- A Quick Look at the Social Sciences -- 5. Conclusion: A Plea for Intellectual Humility -- Index.
Summary: The Geography of Insight argues that the issues of the humanities and sciences are different in kind and that inquiries into these issues also have different characteristics as do the resulting insights. These differences constitute an intellectual geography of the humanities and sciences: a mapping of key features of the two domains.
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Cover -- Half title -- The Geography of Insight -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. The Humanities and Sciences Are Different -- 2. The Distinctions -- Indexical vs. Non-​Indexical -- Perspectival vs. Non-​Perspectival -- Prescriptive vs. Descriptive -- Individual vs. Collective -- 3. Secondary Differences -- An Endpoint to Inquiry -- Intellectual Progress -- Intellectual Authority -- Simplicity and Complexity -- Involvement with Mentality -- 4. Related Topics -- Philosophy, the Humanities, the Sciences -- Stories as Sources of Insight -- A Quick Look at the Social Sciences -- 5. Conclusion: A Plea for Intellectual Humility -- Index.

The Geography of Insight argues that the issues of the humanities and sciences are different in kind and that inquiries into these issues also have different characteristics as do the resulting insights. These differences constitute an intellectual geography of the humanities and sciences: a mapping of key features of the two domains.

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