Verstehen and Humane Understanding: 41 (Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplements, Series Number 41) - Softcover

 
9780521587426: Verstehen and Humane Understanding: 41 (Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplements, Series Number 41)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0521587425 ISBN 13: 9780521587426
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2012

Synopsis

This 1997 collection of essays addresses topics that are of crucial importance to the lives of us all. Is there a mode of thinking peculiar to human life and its concerns, which is different from and irreducible to scientific rationality? Is historical understanding different from scientific understanding? Do psychology, religion and aesthetics have their own forms of rationality? Can you be rational about human life without being scientific? The contributors address these and related questions, some focusing on the history of the development of the notion of Verstehen, others examining particular areas of discourse and practice.

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Review

"All contributions contain useful insights." Michelle Marsonet, Philosophy in Review

Book Description

Can you be rational about human life without being scientific? Is historical understanding different from scientific understanding? Do psychology, religion and aesthetics have their own forms of rationality? The essays in this 1997 collection address topics that are of crucial importance to the lives of us all.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2012
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521587425
ISBN 13 
9780521587426
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
320
Editor
O'Hear Anthony