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Literary Studies as a Science: New Opportunities, Old Hazards

Author(s): Andrzej Skrendo
Subject(s): History, Philosophy, Social Sciences, Language and Literature Studies, Sociology, Recent History (1900 till today), Methodology and research technology, 19th Century, Theory of Literature
Published by: Instytut Badań Literackich Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: science; anti-positivist turn; constructivism

Summary/Abstract: Skrendo explores the scientific status of research in the humanities. Looking at the problem from a historical perspective, he reaches back to the anti-positivist turn and argues that the transformation that began at that time was about finding a common ground for all sciences. From a theoretical perspective, Skrendo’s argument draws on constructivist approaches, broadly understood, from Fleck and Kuhn to Luhmann and Latour. These researchers help us develop non-positivist approaches to the humanities’ scientific assumptions and goals.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 70-80
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish