Willem Drees on the Humanities

Do universities still need departments in the humanities—philosophy, history, languages, and so forth? Many today, particularly legislators with control over the funding of public universities, feel that the emphasis should be on, and only on, departments in the STEM field. Willem B. Drees, a former...

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Main Author: Ruse, Michael 1940- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Open Library of Humanities$s2024- 2021
In: Zygon
Year: 2021, Volume: 56, Issue: 3, Pages: 691-703
Further subjects:B Humanities
B Higher Education
B Philosophy
B Willem B. Drees
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Summary:Do universities still need departments in the humanities—philosophy, history, languages, and so forth? Many today, particularly legislators with control over the funding of public universities, feel that the emphasis should be on, and only on, departments in the STEM field. Willem B. Drees, a former dean of humanities, makes a spirited defense of the worth of the humanities and of their continued place in higher education. This essay looks at Drees's arguments in a critical, yet appreciative, fashion. It is a debate we need to have.
ISSN:1467-9744
Contains:Enthalten in: Zygon
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/zygo.12727