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Direct linkJacobs, Jonathan – Arts and Humanities in Higher Education: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice, 2012
Humanistic studies cultivate types of conceptual fluency and modes of awareness important to thought concerning values. Not all knowledge is scientific knowledge. There is genuine comprehension of some valuative matters--they are not all to be interpreted in expressive or subjective terms. Education in the humanities can encourage value-relevant…
Descriptors: Specialization, Humanities, Moral Development, Humanism
Jacobs, Jonathan – Arts and Humanities in Higher Education: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice, 2009
This article identifies a common intellectual project of the disciplines that constitute the Humanities. It does not define the humanities but characterizes some of the main features of the distinctive and essential kind of learning uniquely attainable by their study. The humanities enable us to attain an understanding of normativity in the…
Descriptors: Realism, Humanistic Education, Humanities, Social Values
