The Humanities and the Recovery of the Real World

Autor/in	Jacobs, Jonathan
Titel	The Humanities and the Recovery of the Real World
Quelle	In: Arts and Humanities in Higher Education: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice, 8 (2009) 1, S.26-40 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1474-0222
DOI	10.1177/1474022208088642
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Realism; Humanistic Education; Humanities; Social Values; Social Attitudes; Moral Values; Philosophy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Realismus; Humanistische Bildung; Geisteswissenschaften; Humanwissenschaften; Sozialer Wert; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Moral value; Ethischer Wert; Philosophie
Abstract	This article identifies a common intellectual project of the disciplines that constitute the Humanities. It does not define the humanities but characterizes some of the main features of the distinctive and essential kind of learning uniquely attainable by their study. The humanities enable us to attain an understanding of normativity in the broadest sense; humanistic study leads to a textured, penetrating comprehension of diverse valuative matters and concerns. Moreover, study in the humanities enables us to recognize and appreciate valuative "realism". This is the view that valuative matters are appropriate objects of comprehension and that values are not simply projected in an expressivist or subjectivist manner. Valuative realism does not depend upon, and should not be assimilated into, knowledge that emulates the methods of the sciences. Humane studies develop a genuine understanding of diverse kinds of significance and educate people in the concepts and discourse to articulate it. (Contains 7 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10