THE NATURAL VS. THE HUMAN SCIENCES: MYTH, METHODOLOGY AND ONTOLOGY.
I argue that the human sciences (i.e. humanities, social - and behavioural sciences) should not try to imitate the methodology of the natural sciences. The human sciences study meaningful phenomena whose nature is decisively different from the merely physical phenomena studied by the natural science...
| Publicado en: | Discusiones Filosóficas Vol. 14; no. 22; pp. 25 - 42 |
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Universidad de Caldas
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=90402611&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 90402611 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 01246127 8XIY jtl: Discusiones Filosóficas issn: 01246127 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: ene-jun2013 vid: 14 iid: 22 pid: 53027 pub: Universidad de Caldas artinfo: ui: 90402611 ppf: 25 ppct: 17 formats: tig: atl: THE NATURAL VS. THE HUMAN SCIENCES: MYTH, METHODOLOGY AND ONTOLOGY. aug: au: INGTHORSSON, RÖGNVALDUR D. affil: Lund University, Sweden su: Social science simulation methods Science interns Philosophy of science Educational law & legislation Legal education Behavioralism (Political science) sug: subj: Social science simulation methods Science interns Philosophy of science Educational law & legislation Legal education Behavioralism (Political science) keyword: human science methodology natural science objective objective reality philosophy of science social constructions ciencias humanas ciencias naturales construcciones sociales filosofía de la ciencia metodología objetivo realidad objetiva ab: I argue that the human sciences (i.e. humanities, social - and behavioural sciences) should not try to imitate the methodology of the natural sciences. The human sciences study meaningful phenomena whose nature is decisively different from the merely physical phenomena studied by the natural sciences, and whose study therefore require different methods; meaningful phenomena do not obviously obey natural laws while the merely physical necessarily does. This is not to say that the human sciences do not study an objective reality about which we cannot have genuine knowledge. The notion of objective reality is discussed, and it is suggested that social constructions can be understood as objectively real entities. Sostengo que las ciencias humanas (i.e. las humanidades, las ciencias sociales y las de la conducta) no deben tratar de imitar la metodología de las ciencias naturales. Las ciencias humanas estudian fenómenos significativos cuya naturaleza es decididamente diferente de los fenómenos meramente físicos que estudian las ciencias naturales, y cuyo estudio, por tanto, requiere métodos diferentes; los fenómenos significativos obviamente no obedecen a leyes naturales, mientras que lo meramente físico necesariamente lo hace. Esto no quiere decir que las ciencias humanas no estudian una realidad objetiva sobre la que no podemos tener un conocimiento genuino. Se discute la noción de realidad objetiva, y se sugiere que las construcciones sociales se pueden entender como entidades reales objetivamente. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y dt: @attributes: year: 2013 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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