Big Research Questions about the Human Condition, A Historian's Will

Author

Arne Jarrick

Year

2021

Publisher

Anthem Press

Language

English

Pages

ISBN

978-1-78527-567-8

Link

Last Update

24-Mar-2026

Keywords

History ; General Science ; Philosophy

Description

I have long pleaded that humanities scholars should intensify and improve their efforts to try and find distinct answers to their research questions. They need to sincerely crave real results, that is to say, to advance knowledge. If they are successful in their endeavours, it means that they manage to learn something about the phenomenal world that they did not know in advance. I think that humanists should regard such new pieces of knowledge as findings, since this is just what they are. Well, discoveries would be just as appropriate. There is nothing dramatic in a claim like this. A scientific finding...