Does reflexivity separate the human sciences from the natural sciences?

History of the Human Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1-25

  Smith, Roger ^a  

^a NONE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Classification of knowledge; Foucault; Human science; Natural science; Philosophical anthropology; Reflexivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746442869     PISSN: 09526951     EISSN: 1461720X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0952695105058468     Document Type: Article

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