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How (and How Not) to Distinguish the Humanities from Social Science
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- Title: How (and How Not) to Distinguish the Humanities from Social Science
- Author(s): Rick Szostak
- Publisher: Common Ground Research Networks
- Collection: Common Ground Research Networks
- Series: New Directions in the Humanities
- Journal Title: The International Journal of the Humanities: Annual Review
- Keywords: Humanities, Social Science, Subject Matter, Phenomena, Theory, Method, Clarity, Postmodernism, Interdisciplinarity
- Volume: 5
- Issue: 6
- Date: November 22, 2007
- ISSN: 1447-9508 (Print)
- ISSN: 1447-9559 (Online)
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.18848/1447-9508/CGP/v05i06/42146
- Citation: Szostak, Rick. 2007. "How (and How Not) to Distinguish the Humanities from Social Science." The International Journal of the Humanities: Annual Review 5 (6): 69-80. doi:10.18848/1447-9508/CGP/v05i06/42146.
- Extent: 12 pages
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Abstract
This paper argues that the Humanities should be distinguished from the Social Sciences in terms of primary subject matter alone, and not in terms of theory, method, epistemology, or style of presentation. Some implications for how research should proceed in the Humanities are explored.
