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@article{ART002003454},
author={Daihyun Chung},
title={The Ubiquities of the Humanities and Textuality in Human Experience},
journal={탈경계인문학Trans-Humanities},
issn={2092-6081},
year={2015},
volume={8},
number={2},
pages={5-40},
doi={10.22901/trans.2015.8.2.5}

TY - JOUR
AU - Daihyun Chung
TI - The Ubiquities of the Humanities and Textuality in Human Experience
JO - 탈경계인문학Trans-Humanities
PY - 2015
VL - 8
IS - 2
PB - Ewha Institute for the Humanities: EIH
SP - 5
EP - 40
SN - 2092-6081
AB - The so-called “crisis of the humanities” can be understood in terms of an asymmetry between the natural and social sciences on the one hand and the humanities on the other. While the sciences approach topics related to human experience in quantificational or experimental terms, the humanities often turn to ancient texts in the search for truths about human experience. As both of these approaches have their own unique limitations, overcoming or rectifying the asymmetry between them is desirable. The present article seeks to do just that by advancing and defending the following two claims: a) that the humanities are ubiquitous wherever language is used, and b) that anything that can be experienced by humans is in need of interpretation. Two arguments are presented in support of these claims. The first argument concerns the nature of questions, which are fundamental marks or manifestations of human language. All questions are ultimately attempts to find alternative meanings or interpretations of what is presented. As such, in questioning phenomena, one seeks to transcend the oppression of imposed structures and in doing so reveals one’s humanity. Second, all phenomena are textual in nature: that which astrophysicists find in distant galaxies or which cognitive neuroscientists find in the structures of the human brain are no less in need of interpretation than the dialogues of Plato or the poems of Homer. Texts are ubiquitous. The implications of these two arguments are identified and discussed in this article. In particular, the ubiquity of humanity and textuality points to a view of human nature that is neither individualistic nor collectivist, but rather integrational in suggesting that the realization of oneself is inseparable from the realization of all others (成己成物).
KW - non-symmetry between sciences and humanities;questions;digital technology;integrational anthropology;division of labour and relation of bonding
DO - 10.22901/trans.2015.8.2.5
ER -

Daihyun Chung. (2015). The Ubiquities of the Humanities and Textuality in Human Experience. 탈경계인문학Trans-Humanities, 8(2), 5-40.

Daihyun Chung. 2015, "The Ubiquities of the Humanities and Textuality in Human Experience", 탈경계인문학Trans-Humanities, vol.8, no.2 pp.5-40. Available from: doi:10.22901/trans.2015.8.2.5

Daihyun Chung "The Ubiquities of the Humanities and Textuality in Human Experience" 탈경계인문학Trans-Humanities 8.2 pp.5-40 (2015) : 5.

Daihyun Chung. The Ubiquities of the Humanities and Textuality in Human Experience. 2015; 8(2), 5-40. Available from: doi:10.22901/trans.2015.8.2.5

Daihyun Chung. "The Ubiquities of the Humanities and Textuality in Human Experience" 탈경계인문학Trans-Humanities 8, no.2 (2015) : 5-40.doi: 10.22901/trans.2015.8.2.5

Daihyun Chung. The Ubiquities of the Humanities and Textuality in Human Experience. 탈경계인문학Trans-Humanities, 8(2), 5-40. doi: 10.22901/trans.2015.8.2.5

Daihyun Chung. The Ubiquities of the Humanities and Textuality in Human Experience. 탈경계인문학Trans-Humanities. 2015; 8(2) 5-40. doi: 10.22901/trans.2015.8.2.5

Daihyun Chung. The Ubiquities of the Humanities and Textuality in Human Experience. 2015; 8(2), 5-40. Available from: doi:10.22901/trans.2015.8.2.5

Daihyun Chung. "The Ubiquities of the Humanities and Textuality in Human Experience" 탈경계인문학Trans-Humanities 8, no.2 (2015) : 5-40.doi: 10.22901/trans.2015.8.2.5