Introduction: The Humanities and the Sciences

Authors
Publication date 2015
Journal Isis
Volume | Issue number 106 | 2
Pages (from-to) 337-340
Organisations
  • Faculty of Humanities (FGw) - Amsterdam Institute for Humanities Research (AIHR) - Amsterdam School of Historical Studies (ASH)
  • Interfacultary Research - Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC)
  • Faculty of Humanities (FGw) - Amsterdam Institute for Humanities Research (AIHR) - Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA)
Abstract The humanities and the sciences have a strongly connected history, yet their histories continue to be written separately. Although the scope of the history of science has undergone a tremendous broadening during the past few decades, scholars of the history of the humanities and the history of science still seem to belong to two separate cultures that have endured through the past century. This Focus section explores what common ground would enable a study of the histories of the humanities and the sciences to investigate their shared epistemic objects, virtues, values, methods, and practices.
Document type Article
Note Focus: The History of Humanities and the History of Science
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.1086/681993
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