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History as a Science and the System of the Sciences
Thomas M. Seebohm
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Paperback. Series: Contributions to Phenomenology. Num Pages: 460 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HPK; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 706.
This volume goes beyond presently available phenomenological analyses based on the structures and constitution of the lifeworld. It shows how the science of history is the mediator between the human and the natural sciences. It demonstrates that the distinction between interpretation and explanation does not imply a strict separation of the natural and the human sciences. Finally, it shows that the natural sciences and technology are inseparable, but that technology is one-sidedly founded in pre-scientific encounters with reality in the lifeworld. In positivism the natural sciences are sciences because they offer causal explanations testable in experiments and the humanities are human ... Read more
This volume goes beyond presently available phenomenological analyses based on the structures and constitution of the lifeworld. It shows how the science of history is the mediator between the human and the natural sciences. It demonstrates that the distinction between interpretation and explanation does not imply a strict separation of the natural and the human sciences. Finally, it shows that the natural sciences and technology are inseparable, but that technology is one-sidedly founded in pre-scientific encounters with reality in the lifeworld. In positivism the natural sciences are sciences because they offer causal explanations testable in experiments and the humanities are human ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
460
Condition
New
Series
Contributions to Phenomenology
Number of Pages
443
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319385037
SKU
V9783319385037
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About Thomas M. Seebohm
Thomas M Seebohm took his Dr. phil. habil. at Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz in 1969. Vis. professor 1970-1972 and then professor at the Pennsylvania State University and at the New School for Social Research 1973 -1984; Institutional offices: chairman of the Philosophische Seminar; Dean Fachbereich 11 (Philosophic I Pedagogik), the Universitat Mainz between 1984-1999. Guest professorships in Canada, Germany ... Read more
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