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A Problem in Schutz's Theory of the Historical Sciences with an Illustration from the Women's Liberation Movement

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In the first part of this essay it is contended that Schutz's project is best called the philosophical theory of the cultural sciences; in the last parts it is shown that he offers satisfactory rudiments of a theory of the historical sciences except where the differentia specifica of those sciences is concerned. The central part is devoted to women's liberation as a case of “contemporary history” in relation to which Schutz's thought about the historical sciences needs correction.

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  1. Department of Philosophy, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, USA

    Lester Embree

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Embree, L. A Problem in Schutz's Theory of the Historical Sciences with an Illustration from the Women's Liberation Movement. Human Studies 27, 281–306 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:HUMA.0000042129.41571.65

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