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The Expanded Social Scientist's Bestiary : a Guide to Fabled Threats to, and Defenses of, Naturalistic Social Science.
The (Expanded) Social Scientist's Bestiary addresses a number of important theoretical and philosophical issues in the social sciences from the perspective of contemporary philosophy of science. This expanded and revised edition contains four new chapters tackling such contemporary beasts as Po...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lanham :
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers,
2000.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Title Page; Copyright Page; The Microbe; Table of Contents; PREFACE: ON GOOD AND BAD BEASTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1
- CONSTRUCTIVISM AND ITS MANY FACES: THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY; CONSTRUCTIVISM: AN INITIAL CHARACTERIZATION; THE RANGE OF CONSTRUCTIVIST AUTHORS; A FRAMEWORK FOR COMPARING CONSTRUCTIVISMS; EPISTEMOLOGICAL VERSUS SOCIOPOLITICAL AND EDUCATIONAL CONCERNS; CONCLUDING REMARKS; 2
- HERMENEUTICS AND NATURALISTIC SOCIAL INQUIRY; INTRODUCTION; THE INTERPRETIVIST CASE; SOME FAR-REACHING CONCLUSIONS; EPISTEMOLOGICAL CONCLUSIONS; CONCLUSIONS CONCERNING THE NATURE OF SOCIAL SCIENCE.
- Skeptical commentarycommentary: the nature of social science; commentary: the epistemological conclusions; conclusion; 3
- holistic tendencies in social science; 4
- narrative research: telling stories about stories; how issues of epistemological warrant are handled; critique: why narratives need to meet epistemic criteria; another example; polkinghorne's later discussion of narrative; 5
- naturalistic ideals in social science; the spread of naturalism: a thumbnail sketch; naturalistic strategies; 6
- new philosophy of science; an outline of recent developments; questions and answers.
- Conclusions7
- objectivity and subjectivity; the intellectual roots of the attack on objectivity; conclusions; 8
- popperian rules for research design; introduction; popper as touchstone: an objection; the many faces of falsification; 9
- positivism; classical or comtean positivism; logical positivism; respect for scientific method; 10
- qualitative research and its warrant; some truths about truth; is qualitative work more suspect than quantitative or experimental?; will the suggested warrants work?; unsatisfying conclusion; 11
- social construction of knowledge; clearing the ground.
- Explaining belief12
- theories and laws; 13
- values and social inquiry; the issue at stake; an evaluation of the arguments; conclusion; references; index; about the author.