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THE HUMANITIESare about what it is to be

human.

The Humanities are academic disciplines that seek to

appreciate and interpret the human experience, from

individuals to entire cultures, engaging in the discover,

preservation, and communication of the PAST and PRESENT record

to enable a deeper understanding of

contemporary society.

EMPATHYThe humanities help us understand others through their languages, histories and cultures.

JUSTICEThe humanities foster social justice and equality.

ANALYSISThe humanities teach us to deal critically and logically with subjective, complex, imperfect information.

MORALITYThe humanities reveal how people have tried to make moral, spiritual and intellectual sense of the world.

MULTIFACETEDThe humanities teach us to weigh evidence skeptically and consider more than one side of every question.

COMMUNICATION

The humanities students build skills in

writing and critical reading.

QUESTIONSThe value of the humanities is more often the questions posed, rather than the answers found. The humanistic study is not formulaic.

CREATIVITYThe humanities encourage us to think creatively. They teach us to reason about being human and to ask questions about our world.

CIVICSThe humanities develop informed and critical citizens. Without the humanities, democracy could not flourish.

SCIENCE

The renowned scientist E. O. Wilson recently

described the humanities as “the natural history of

culture, and our most private and precious

heritage”. The humanities are the study

of what makes us human, of what it means

to be human. As they penetrate every aspect of existence, they can,

and should, intersect with the natural and

social sciences.

INFORMATIONTerras, M., Priego, E., Rockwell, G. and Thomas, L. (2013). "The Humanities Matter!" www.4humanities.org

Sarah Churchwell: Why the humanities matter, November 13, 2014. https://www.timeshighereducation.com


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