O specyfice wiedzy we współczesnych naukach humanistycznych
On the Nature of Knowledge in the Modern Humanities
Author(s): Mateusz FalkowskiSubject(s): History, Anthropology, Philosophy, Language and Literature Studies, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, History of ideas, Theology and Religion, Contemporary Philosophy, Structuralism and Post-Structuralism, Culture and social structure , Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: mathematics; humanities; structuralism; history of knowledge; culturalization
Summary/Abstract: In the paper, the current condition of the humanities is confronted with the crisis of foundations in mathematics at the turn of the 20th century. This reveals the difference between mathematical knowledge and the humanities, especially that of the structuralist variant with its formalist aspirations. The birth and decay of structuralism involve a simultaneous transformation of the research field, which henceforth becomes culture, and of the cognitive instrumentarium. As a result, it turns out that not only is there no proper object of humanistic research, but also no truly humanistic language. Humanistic knowledge – called extensive knowledge, in contrast to mathematical intensive knowledge – is doomed to meta-languages.
Journal: ER(R)GO. Teoria-Literatura-Kultura
- Issue Year: 2024
- Issue No: 48
- Page Range: 299-308
- Page Count: 10
- Language: Polish
