criticism of the humanitiesThe present article turns the spotlight onto epistemic-normative dilemmas that, in my estimation, stand at the heart of the humanities as a field of study (the reason for the hyphen between epistemic and normative will become evident as we progress). For the sake of...
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if we have the foresight to see it that way. The pendulum is swinging back toethics, tothe humanities, to the social, to civic trust, to the things that make us human — and these happen to be Taiwan’s strengths. If we are to seek role models, why not consider...
I did mention this book quite a bit in that post, so I won’t repeat myself too much, except to say one of the major pitfalls of this book is relying on expertise from scientists and mathematicians, but not on artists and those in the humanities, because he gives far too much credit...
While moral relativism and ethical pluralism (likely influenced by Friedrich Nietzsche) had long been in popular culture, epistemological relativism was sealed in Humanities departments, apparently because the objectivity of science was unassailable. Enter Thomas Kuhn, Physics PhD turned historian for ...
Substantial research on the topic of cultural heritage has been conducted over the past two decades. At the same time, the overall output volume of journals and citation metrics have become important parameters in assessing and ranking researchers’ perf
Decent work was proposed by International Labour Organization (ILO) as an institutional measure to address challenges faced by labor in the current competitive dynamic labor market. This study aims to investigate the impact of “decent work” dimensions
Abstract Structural brain preservation (SBP) and classical cryonics are techniques aimed at preserving the human brain for potential future applications. Reluctant public discourse around these techniques may be explained with intuitive aversions identified by moral psychology. In the first part of the pap...
We have graduated PhDs in the Humanities, educated by the likes of Sandra Harding and Cornel West, who never should have been in college, and who learned nothing of substance there beyond relativism and a cynical disgust for reason. And those PhDs are now educators who have graduated more ...
With heterogeneous, we refer both to the inclusion of a plurality of scientific disciplines (social sciences, humanities, computer science, and other technical sciences, such as plant, animal, and environmental sciences, depending on the domain) and non-academic actors, such as end-users, ...