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This 5 page paper discusses the differences between the humanities and the natural sciences, and responds to Mary Hesse’s comments about the subject. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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course materials; this paper argues that the real difference is in the way these disciplines look at human beings. Discussion It is perhaps a disheartening sign that today, students seem
to have to defend themselves if they choose to study the humanities. What good is it going to do to read literature that dead guys wrote 400 years ago; or
listen to music; or paint or sculpt when the real money is in business? Or perhaps the argument is not about money, but about the very relevance of these subjects.
Any definition of the term "humanities" probably includes disciplines line literature, philosophy, history and theology and more modern versions of these such as feminist studies and cultural studies, to name
only a few (Edgar and Pattison, 2006). What all of these subjects have in common is humanity: it is humanity that writes poetry and plays; wonders about mans place in
the universe; pores over history books to learn about the past and questions Gods existence (Edgar and Pattison, 2006). It seems, then, that the question all of these courses ask
is the same question: "What is it to be human?" (Edgar and Pattison, 2006, p. 98). This is the question that engages the humanities: how do humans "... understand, experience
and practice their own humanity" (Edgar and Pattison, 2006, p. 98). And the answer to the question is usually considered indirectly, "by looking at the products of human existence, including
language, beliefs, writings, paintings, and social institutions and organizations" (Edgar and Pattison, 2006, p. 98). Looking at the way humans express themselves and how they understand the concept of
the self is what distinguishes the humanities from sciences "such as physical anthropology, human genetics and some subdisciplines of medicine, which examine the human being as a physical, biological, and
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