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After Postmodernism

A Naturalistic Reconstruction of the Humanities

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
  2. Introduction

    • Jan Faye
    Pages 1-7
  3. Explanation in the Sciences of Man

    • Jan Faye
    Pages 57-81
  4. The Pragmatics of Interpretation

    • Jan Faye
    Pages 82-107
  5. The Aims of Interpretation

    • Jan Faye
    Pages 108-142
  6. How to Overcome a Myth?

    • Jan Faye
    Pages 143-175
  7. Conclusion

    • Jan Faye
    Pages 199-206
  8. Back Matter

    Pages 207-224

About this book

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.

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Faye's efforts to remedy the postmodern condition deserve the widest critical support.

-Thomas Uebel, The Vienna Circle Institute Yearbook

Faye's neomodernism with its emphasis on naturalistic and pragmatic considerations is a step into the right direction. Abandoning the humanities in the anarchic world of 'anything goes' is not the right strategy for an analytic philosophy of science, and Faye has shown one way to claim back the philosophy of humanities from the occupation of postmodernism. Though neomodernism might not have reached its maturity yet, it is an overall laudable enterprise.

-C. Mantzavinos, Metascience

Faye's book examines the most typical representatives not only of the 'analytical', but also of the 'continental' philosophy (such as Gadamer, Habermas, Heidegger, Derrida, and Ricoeur). All this makes this book a very important contribution to the discussion concerning the epistemological and methodological status of the human sciences

-Marco Buzzoni, RECENSIONI

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Copenhagen, Denmark

    Jan Faye

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).

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Softcover Book USD 54.99
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