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The greatest problem in the unification of theoretical research is the problem of unifying science and the humanistic studies. We use the term “humanistic studies” to include all branches of history and the studies of languages, literature, fine arts, and religion as they are usually prosecuted. When speaking of science we have in mind the empirical, primarily the natural sciences. In denying the name “science” to history or philology we do not wish to say that they are less valuable or interesting e.g. than physics but that they are substantially different from it.
[This is a previously unpublished essay. It was found among the papers Charles Morris donated to the University of Chicago Library (Department of Special Collections, file: Unity of Science Movement, Box 3 folder 4). It is either a general outline or the complete text of Zilsel’s contribution to the Sixth International Congress for the Unity of Science held at the University of Chicago, 2–6 September 1941. Eds.]
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Zilsel, E., Raven, D., Krohn, W., Cohen, R.S. (2003). Science and the Humanistic Studies. In: Raven, D., Krohn, W., Cohen, R.S. (eds) The Social Origins of Modern Science. Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, vol 200. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4142-0_14
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