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One: Methods of Concept Formation -- I. Metrical Concepts and Measurement in the Humanities -- II. Concepts with Family Meanings in the Humanities -- III. Persuasive Function of Language -- Two: Applications -- A. Aesthetics and Art Theory -- IV. Informational Aesthetics -- V. The Concept of Kitsch -- VI. The Concept of Happening -- VII. Interpretation of Art Works -- VIII. Beauty and its Socio-Psychological Determinants -- B. Social Sciences -- IX. The Concept of Indicator in the Social Sciences -- X. Semiotic Theory of Culture -- XI. Theory of Questions and its Applications in the Social Sciences -- Author Index.

A contribution to a UNESCO study defining the scope for an inquiry on current res trends in the humanities & soc scis, based on the report of an interdisciplinary seminar in the U of Ibadan. 3 main themes are discussed: (1) major changes in the world affecting the nature & objectives of diff disciplines - the socialist, sci'fic & technological revolutions-& the consequent widening of horizons; (2) changes in the methodology & objectives of these disciplines, ie the rejection of overall systems, borrowing of natural sci techniques, emphasis on dynamics, & weakness of the ethical component; (3) interdisciplinary collaboration: the integration of `man in society.' AA.

Extracts from papers submitted to a committee of experts meeting in Paris, June 22-27, 1964, to discuss the objects, scope and methods of execution of a study to be undertaken by the United Nations educational, scientific and cultural organization.

It is argued that there is a radical distinction between the natural sci's, the soc sci's & the humanities grounded in the typal diversity of the phenomena with which they are concerned. Natural sci's are concerned with a realm in which value-considerations are practically non-existent. Humanities study a realm which is the specific creation of men & in which value-bearing & value-embodying aspects are the essence of the matter. Soc sci's deal with a midway realm of human reality arising out of the interaction of men in which the causal & the valuational intertwine in an inextricable manner. This midway positioning of the soc sci's accounts for the continuous temptation of the soc sci'st to regard his subject-matter in completely naturalistic terms, on the one hand, or as analogous to a piece of human art-creation, on the other. The diverse & even contradictory methodologies pleaded for in the soc sci's can be understood in the perspective & context of such a situation. AA.

The distinction between scientific judgment & the judgment of scientists has been increasingly blurred. Generalizations from social sciences lead to the popularization of unproved or unprovable social theory. Social scientists' acceptance of antiscientific frames of mind threatens the theoretical gains of a previous generation. An interest in human psychology has turned to a poetic, human mythology. Science & moral judgment are valuable in intellectual activity but not in social science. Scientists influenced by supportive values must free themselves from extrascientific influences. Applied social humanities attempts analysis to support or change the preferences of individuals for different kinds of behavior patterns. The meaning of life, quality of life, academic questions, & policy issues would be the concern in social humanities. An intellectual basis for new institutions to replace the depleted spiritual & judgmental resources would develop a core of research to form a learning tradition. Applied social humanists would be consultants with professional ethics similar to priests & psychiatrists. They would lecture, give seminars, & groups of social humanists, audiences & clients would form schools to provide cultural ferment centers. Religions cannot be manufactured, but a basis can be formed for the functional equivalent of religion. Modified HA.

Une recherche historique sur l'entre deux-guerres, à travers des exemples en Angleterre, Allemagne, France et nord de la France, Autriche, Pays-Bas, République de Weimar, et qui montre les rapports complexes et diffus entre architecture, demande sociale et divers modes d'action politique