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What Science Offers the Humanities: Integrating Body and Culture

by Edward G. Slingerland

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What Science Offers the Humanities examines some of the deep problems facing current approaches to the study of culture. It focuses especially on the excesses of postmodernism, but also acknowledges serious problems with postmodernism's harshest critics. In short, Edward Slingerland argues that in order for the humanities to progress, its scholars need to take seriously contributions from the natural sciences-and particular research on human cognition-which demonstrate that any separation of the mind and the body is entirely untenable. The author provides suggestions for how humanists might begin to utilize these scientific discoveries without conceding that science has the last word on morality, religion, art, and literature. Calling into question such deeply entrenched dogmas as the "blank slate" theory of nature, strong social constructivism, and the ideal of disembodied reason, What Science Offers the Humanities replaces the human-sciences divide with a more integrated approach to the study of culture.

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This book examines some of the problems facing current approaches to the study of culture.

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What Science Offers the Humanities examines the current problems with the study of culture. Slingerland proposes moving beyond the mind-body dualism set forth by postmodernism and Enlightenment objectivism and towards a vertically integrated approach to the study of culture.

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About the Author

Edward Slingerland taught in the School of Religion and Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Southern California, where he was recipient of the 2002 General Education Teaching Award. He is currently Associate Professor of Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia and is Canada Research Chair in Chinese Thought and Embodied Cognition. His previous books include The Annalects of Confucius and Effortless Action: Wu-wei as Conceptual Metaphor and Spiritual Ideal in Early China, which won the American Academy of Religion's 2003 Best First Book in the History of Religions Award.

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Table of Contents

Introduction; Part I. Exorcising the Ghost in the Machine: 1. The disembodied mind; 2. They live among us; 3. Pulling the plug; Part II. Embodying Culture: 4. Embodying culture; Part III. Defending Vertical Integration: 5. Defending the empirical; 6. Who's afraid of reductionism?; Conclusion.

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ISBN:

9780521701518

Author:

Slingerland, Edward G.

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press

Author:

Slingerland, Edward

Location:

New York

Subject:

Philosophy

Subject:

Body, human

Subject:

Philosophy & Social Aspects

Subject:

Science and the humanities.

Subject:

Science Reference-Philosophy of Science

Subject:

General Religion

Edition Description:

Trade paper

Publication Date:

20080231

Binding:

TRADE PAPER

Language:

English

Illustrations:

Y

Pages:

390

Dimensions:

9.00x6.30x.84 in. 1.14 lbs.

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Product details 390 pages Cambridge University Press - 2008-02-00 English 9780521701518 Reviews:

"Synopsis" by Cambridge, This book examines some of the problems facing current approaches to the study of culture.

"Synopsis" by Cambridge, What Science Offers the Humanities examines the current problems with the study of culture. Slingerland proposes moving beyond the mind-body dualism set forth by postmodernism and Enlightenment objectivism and towards a vertically integrated approach to the study of culture.