Humanistic Poets And Classical Philosophy

Is Philosophy a Humanistic Discipline?

According to Bernard Williams, philosophy is a humanistic discipline essentially different from the sciences. While the sciences describe the world as it is in itself, independent of perspective, philosophy tries to make sense of ourselves and of our activities. Only the humanistic disciplines, in particular philosophy, can do this, the sciences have nothing to say about it. In this note I poin...

Humanistic Inquiry in Marketing Research: Philosophy, Method, and Criteria

Foundation of Kant’s Moral Philosophy and Its Reinterpretation. a Quintessential Humanistic Doctrine

1 considered the founder of modern philosophy, was born in Königsberg, East Prussia, (which today is Kaliningrad in Russia) on April 22, 1724. He came from a Protestant family of Pietists. Kant attended the University of Königsberg and became an instructor at the university. For fifteen years he lectured and wrote on various topics in metaphysics, logic, natural sciences: physics, astronomy, ge...

Banishing the Poets

The main argument of this monograph,* if I understand it rightly (something its rather cloudy writing makes me uncertain of), is that the body of works often (and traditionally) grouped together under the rubric ‘ancient literary criticism’ should be understood not as contributions to aesthetics or criticism of literature as these terms are commonly understood today but rather as political inte...

An Introduction to Classical Chinese Philosophy and Religion

DESCRIPTION: This course is intended to introduce prospective students to the basics of Chinese philosophy and religion. Through familiarity with the development of Chinese intellectual history, students will be able to further explore the Chinese spirit and mental outlook. The course will focus on Confucianism and its evolution at different stages and how it is intimately linked to governmenta...