Modeling vs describing

There is a strong tendency in the humanities towards positivism. This occurs even among the more critical speculative literary critics who claim to opose positivism.

All books about homer, aristophanes, etc, promise to deliver a new and final reading of such authors.

Lack of metadiscursive reflection. Answers instead of questions. Instance: Burkert and West set to out prove that Greece was influenced by the near east instead of asking how did Greece relate to the the near east.

Prefering difficutl questions to answers,

Why it is important to produce models instead of explanations about te world.