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Metatheory in Social Science

- Pluralisms and Subjectivities
Engelsk Paperback

Metatheory in Social Science

- Pluralisms and Subjectivities
Engelsk Paperback
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What is the nature of the social sciences? What kinds of knowledge can they—and should they—hope to create? Are objective viewpoints possible and can universal laws be discovered? Questions like these have been asked with increasing urgency in recent years, as some philosophers and researchers have perceived a "crisis" in the social sciences. Metatheory in Social Science offers many provocative arguments and analyses of basic conceptual frameworks for the study of human behavior. These are offered primarily by practicing researchers and are related to problems in disciplines as diverse as sociology, psychology, psychiatry, anthropology, and philosophy of science. While various points of view are expressed in these nineteen essays, they have in common several themes, including the comparison of social and natural science, the role of knowledge in meeting the demands of society and its pressing problems, and the nature and role of subjectivity in science. Some authors hold that subjectivity cannot be studied scientifically; others argue that it can and must be if progress in knowledge is to be made. The essays demonstrate the philosophical pluralism they discuss and give a wide range of alternative positions on the future of the social and behavioral sciences in a postpositivist intellectual world.
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What is the nature of the social sciences? What kinds of knowledge can they—and should they—hope to create? Are objective viewpoints possible and can universal laws be discovered? Questions like these have been asked with increasing urgency in recent years, as some philosophers and researchers have perceived a "crisis" in the social sciences. Metatheory in Social Science offers many provocative arguments and analyses of basic conceptual frameworks for the study of human behavior. These are offered primarily by practicing researchers and are related to problems in disciplines as diverse as sociology, psychology, psychiatry, anthropology, and philosophy of science. While various points of view are expressed in these nineteen essays, they have in common several themes, including the comparison of social and natural science, the role of knowledge in meeting the demands of society and its pressing problems, and the nature and role of subjectivity in science. Some authors hold that subjectivity cannot be studied scientifically; others argue that it can and must be if progress in knowledge is to be made. The essays demonstrate the philosophical pluralism they discuss and give a wide range of alternative positions on the future of the social and behavioral sciences in a postpositivist intellectual world.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 400
ISBN-13: 9780226251929
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 0226251926
Kategori: Samfundsteori
Udg. Dato: 15 mar 1986
Længde: 3mm
Bredde: 17mm
Højde: 23mm
Forlag: The University of Chicago Press
Oplagsdato: 15 mar 1986
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Kategori Samfundsteori


ISBN-13 9780226251929


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 400


Udgave


Længde 3mm


Bredde 17mm


Højde 23mm


Udg. Dato 15 mar 1986


Oplagsdato 15 mar 1986


Forlag The University of Chicago Press