TY - BOOK ID - 298820 TI - The three cultures : natural sciences, social sciences, and the humanities in the 21st century PY - 2009 SN - 9780521732307 9780521518420 9780511576638 0511576633 9780511518003 0511518005 9780511516856 0511516851 0521518423 0521732301 1107191653 051151557X 0511514468 9781107191655 9780511514463 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Philosophy and psychology of culture KW - Biology KW - Social sciences KW - Humanities KW - Science KW - History KW - 316.728 KW - Cultuur. Levenswijze KW - 316.728 Cultuur. Levenswijze KW - Behavioral sciences KW - Human sciences KW - Sciences, Social KW - Social science KW - Social studies KW - Civilization KW - Natural science KW - Science of science KW - Sciences KW - Learning and scholarship KW - Classical education KW - Life sciences KW - Biomass KW - Life (Biology) KW - Natural history KW - Natural sciences KW - Health Sciences KW - Psychiatry & Psychology KW - Biology - History - 21st century KW - Social sciences - History - 21st century KW - Humanities - History - 21st century KW - Science - History - 21st century UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:298820 AB - In 1959 C. P. Snow delivered his now-famous Rede Lecture, 'The Two Cultures,' a reflection on the academy based on the premise that intellectual life was divided into two cultures: the arts and humanities on one side and science on the other. Since then, a third culture, generally termed 'social science' and comprised of fields such as sociology, political science, economics, and psychology, has emerged. Jerome Kagan's book describes the assumptions, vocabulary, and contributions of each of these cultures and argues that the meanings of many of the concepts used by each culture are unique to it and do not apply to the others because the source of evidence for the term is special. The text summarizes the contributions of the social sciences and humanities to our understanding of human nature and questions the popular belief that biological processes are the main determinant of variation in human behavior. ER -