TY - BOOK AU - Philipse,Herman AU - Devlin,Keith AU - Elzinga,Aant AU - Kornet,Diedel AU - McAllister,James W. AU - Philipse,Herman AU - Rip,Arie AU - Schnabel,Paul AU - Tindemans,P.A.J. AU - Tindemans,Peter A.J. AU - Verrijn-Stuart,A.A. AU - Verrijn-Stuart,Alexander A. AU - Visser,R.P.W. AU - Visser,Rob P.W. AU - van Benthem,Johan TI - The Future of the Sciences and Humanities: Four Analytical Essays and a Critical Debate on the Future of Scholastic Endeavor SN - 9789048503667 AV - Q175 U1 - 500 PY - 2002///] CY - Amsterdam : PB - Amsterdam University Press, KW - Science and the humanities KW - Science KW - Philosophy KW - EDUCATION / General KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; Preface --; Table of contents --; 1. The Sciences and Arts Debate. A review and some conclusions --; 2. Historical and Structural Approaches in the Natural and Human Sciences --; Discussion: The Role of Laws and Contingency in History --; 3. Science and Society in Flux --; Discussion: Does A New Kind of Science Require a New Kind of Scholar or a New Kind of University? --; 4. Science for the 21st Century --; Discussion: Redrawing Disciplinary Boundaries - but to What Degree? --; 5. Science and Democracy --; Science and Democracy: a difficult relationship: 'An enlightened and elitist essay on an unresolvable problem' --; 6. Epilogue --; 7. Appendix N2 - The arts and sciences have evolved primarily through specialization and broadening of scope. Stepping outside of one's established discipline, however, involves a danger of "shallowness," even if the primary challenge was a "deep" integration problem. All too often, current ways of defining academic disciplines and fields of research fail to do justice to new approaches-a problem this volume tackles as it debates the possible futures of scholarship and academia UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048503667?locatt=mode:legacy UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9789048503667 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9789048503667/original ER -