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http://localhost:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/5003| Title: | Against Relativism |
| Authors: | Batabyal, Rakesh |
| Keywords: | Natural Sciences History |
| Issue Date: | 1-Jun-1998 |
| Publisher: | Indian Institute of Advanced Study,Shimla |
| Abstract: | In 1942, the philosopher of science Carl G. Hempel wrote an article, 'The Functions of General Laws in History', in which he claimed that historians explain the events of human history in the same way in which natural scientists explain physical events. His thesis was a counter to the Hegelian distinction between nature and spirit which, in turn, suggested a further distinction between those sciences studying the physical world and those studying man as a spiritual being. Hempel's work seemed to challenge this dualistic conception of science at its very foundations. |
| Description: | Page- 15 to 16 |
| URI: | http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/5003 |
| ISSN: | 09721452 |
| Appears in Collections: | Summerhill, Vol.4, No.1, (1998) |
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