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Project

Between Object and Meaning: Re-evaluating the Objectivity of the Human Sciences

This project investigates whether the human sciences can establish objective knowledge. In order to achieve this goal,the theories on objectifying rules of Rudolf Carnap and Ernst cassirer will be further developed specifically for the human sciences. Then the theories will be tested against specific cases in linguistics, historiography and anthropology.

Date:1 Oct 2014 →  30 Sep 2018
Keywords:Rudolf carnap, Ernst Cassirer, objectivity
Disciplines:General pedagogical and educational sciences, Theory and methodology of philosophy, Communication sciences, Philosophy, Other philosophy, ethics and religious studies not elsewhere classified, Ethics