{"id":2421,"date":"2013-07-29T01:17:41","date_gmt":"2013-07-29T06:17:41","guid":{"rendered":"Drs. Kelly and Jeremy Elliott introduce how the various fields under the broad umbrella of the humanities--disciplines like philosophy, literature, history, and religion--explore the world. \u00a0While these various disciplines have their own unique perspectiv"},"modified":"2013-08-29T09:10:54","modified_gmt":"2013-08-29T14:10:54","slug":"perspectives-from-the-humanities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/cornerstonef13\/spotlight-schedule\/perspectives-from-the-humanities\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring the Humanities"},"content":{"rendered":"

Drs. Kelly and Jeremy Elliott introduce how the various fields under the broad umbrella of the humanities–disciplines like philosophy, literature, history, and religion–explore the world. \u00a0While these various disciplines have their own unique perspectives, they share a common approach that leads scholars to group them together: they all seek to understand and express the complexities of human experience.<\/p>\n

Unlike the natural sciences, the humanities do not focus their exploration on the empirical world. \u00a0A philosopher, unlike a chemist, is not going to conduct experiments to generate data and test hypotheses. \u00a0How does a philosopher (or a literary scholar, historian, or theologian, for that matter) conduct research? \u00a0Because her conclusions can’t be tested through empirical experiments, does that make them less valuable or true?<\/p>\n