Author: | D. N. Rodowick | ISBN: | 9780674967380 |
Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | January 5, 2015 |
Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
Author: | D. N. Rodowick |
ISBN: | 9780674967380 |
Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
Publication: | January 5, 2015 |
Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
Language: | English |
Theory—an embattled discourse for decades—faces a new challenge from those who want to model the methods of all scholarly disciplines on the sciences. What is urgently needed, says D. N. Rodowick, is a revitalized concept of theory that can assess the limits of scientific explanation and defend the unique character of humanistic understanding.
Theory—an embattled discourse for decades—faces a new challenge from those who want to model the methods of all scholarly disciplines on the sciences. What is urgently needed, says D. N. Rodowick, is a revitalized concept of theory that can assess the limits of scientific explanation and defend the unique character of humanistic understanding.