Review of W.B. Drees' "What are the humanities for?" [Book Review]

Metascience 31 (3):441-443 (2022)
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Willem B. Drees’ book defends the humanities as a valuable endeavor in understanding human beings that is vibrant and essential for the academic and non-academic world ... The review highlights two issues, the book's naturalism (presenting the humanities as a human necessity) and the book's idealistic outlook (presenting the humanities as following the value-free ideal).

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