Official Course Description
The lecture is an audio recording of Prof. Gehring's lecture of the same name in winter term 19/20, which is available for streaming and download on the openlearnware platform of the TU Darmstadt: https://www.openlearnware.de/collection/philosophy-of-science-and-research-in-the-humanities-347.
The lecture is supplemented by an accompanying Moodle course.
[b]Course content:[/b]
The lecture offers an introduction to the understanding of methods of humanistic-scientific work and especially to the corresponding theory. The course focuses on the long history of science and its disciplines. Since when has the humanities or textual sciences existed at all? What were and are their concerns, their goals, their idea(s) of precision? How do the humanities define what they do "scholarly" - not only, but also in contrast to the natural sciences? What role do media and technology play in this? And what is the position of the so-called humanities in sociology and the social sciences, especially in the modern age? Does "society" stand against "Geist"? And what would "Geist" be anyway?
In concrete terms, the lecture also explains central methodological concepts such as "philology", "dialogue/dialectics", "hermeneutics", "phenomenology" and "discourse analysis". The question of "empirical" methods, in concrete terms: the relationship to so-called quantifying methods, is dealt with as well as the role of digital tools in text work and interpretive analysis. Where is the journey going with the "Digital Humanities" programme?
[b]Requirements:[/b]
The lecture will be held in English. The course is aimed at students of the Philosophy and Data and Discourse Studies Master programmes. Interested students of other subjects are also welcome to attend.
Attendance at the course is welcome, but only required on the date of the final exam (last session of the semester). However, passing the final exam is a prerequisite for the Studienleistung.
Online-Angebote
moodle
The lecture is an audio recording of Prof. Gehring's lecture of the same name in winter term 19/20, which is available for streaming and download on the openlearnware platform of the TU Darmstadt: https://www.openlearnware.de/collection/philosophy-of-science-and-research-in-the-humanities-347.
The lecture is supplemented by an accompanying Moodle course.
[b]Course content:[/b]
The lecture offers an introduction to the understanding of methods of humanistic-scientific work and especially to the corresponding theory. The course focuses on the long history of science and its disciplines. Since when has the humanities or textual sciences existed at all? What were and are their concerns, their goals, their idea(s) of precision? How do the humanities define what they do "scholarly" - not only, but also in contrast to the natural sciences? What role do media and technology play in this? And what is the position of the so-called humanities in sociology and the social sciences, especially in the modern age? Does "society" stand against "Geist"? And what would "Geist" be anyway?
In concrete terms, the lecture also explains central methodological concepts such as "philology", "dialogue/dialectics", "hermeneutics", "phenomenology" and "discourse analysis". The question of "empirical" methods, in concrete terms: the relationship to so-called quantifying methods, is dealt with as well as the role of digital tools in text work and interpretive analysis. Where is the journey going with the "Digital Humanities" programme?
[b]Requirements:[/b]
The lecture will be held in English. The course is aimed at students of the Philosophy and Data and Discourse Studies Master programmes. Interested students of other subjects are also welcome to attend.
Attendance at the course is welcome, but only required on the date of the final exam (last session of the semester). However, passing the final exam is a prerequisite for the Studienleistung.
Online-Angebote
moodle
- Lehrende: Viet Anh Nguyen Duc
Semester: WT 2022/23