The Geography of Insight: The Sciences, the Humanities, How They Differ, Why They Matter

ISBN-13: 9780190865122 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 144 str.

Richard Foley

Opis

The Geography of Insight argues that the issues of the humanities and sciences are different in kind and that inquiries into these issues also have different characteristics as do the resulting insights. These differences constitute an intellectual geography of the humanities and sciences: a mapping of key features of the two domains.

Recenzje

The importance of Foley's book cannot be overstated. Reading it can re-kindle the passion within all of us who are engaged in the physical, mathematical and life sciences, the humanities, or the social sciences. Richard Foley not only makes important and insightful distinctions between various kinds of knowledge, but eloquently argues for their lasting value and importance. For too long, we have been on the defense; sometimes too cautious to say what we really do and why it is important, and sometimes bending with the remover to remove. This is the C.P. Snow book for our times.

O autorze

Richard Foley is Professor of Philosophy and former Dean of Arts and Sciences and Vice Chancellor for Strategic Planning at New York University. Previously he was Dean of Arts and Sciences and Dean of the Graduate School at Rutgers University, and prior to that, the chair of the Philosophy Department at the University of Notre Dame.