An inquiry into the philosophical foundations of the human sciences [electronic resource] /
Alfred Claassen ; with a foreword by David Rubinstein.
- New York : P. Lang, c2007.
- xv, 260 p. : ill.
- San Francisco State University series in philosophy, v. 14 1067-0017 ; .
- San Francisco State University series in philosophy ; v. 14. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I: Sectoralism and the basic dimensions of the human -- The consummatory and instrumental -- Levels of reflexivity -- Id, ego, superid, and superego -- Community, association, supercommunity, and superassociation -- The ideal and real -- Individualism and collectivism -- Consciousness, character, space, and time -- The impasse of sectoralism -- Part II: Universalism and the complex dimensions of the human -- The rational universal -- Religion -- Ethics -- Individualism and collectivism in the universal -- Balancing the balancing mechanism -- Harmony and conflict -- Part III: The epistemics of the human sciences -- Dialectical historicism -- Phenomenology and method in the human sciences -- Aesthetics -- Overcoming skepticism and radical relativism -- Reunifying the human sciences under philosophy.
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Psychology. Philosophy. Social sciences--Philosophy.