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An inquiry into the philosophical foundations of the human sciences /

Claassen, Alfred.

An inquiry into the philosophical foundations of the human sciences / Alfred Claassen ; with a foreword by David Rubinstein. - New York : Peter Lang, 2007. - xv, 260 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - San Francisco State University series in philosophy, v. 14 1067-0017 ; .

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.

0820481793 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780820481791 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2006000715


Psychology.
Philosophy.
Social sciences--Philosophy.

BF38 / .C53 2007

001.01 CLA/Inq

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