Realism and sociology : anti-foundationalism, ontology, and social research /

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In recent years, methodology debates in the social sciences have increasingly focused on issues relating to epistemology. Realism and Sociology makes an original contribution to the debate.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Cruickshank, Justin, 1969-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2003.
Series:Routledge studies in critical realism ; 5.
Subjects:
Sociology > Methodology.
Sociology > Philosophy.
Realism.
Ontology.
Sociologie > Philosophie.
Réalisme.
Ontologie.
ontology (metaphysics)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Regional Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
Ontology
Realism
Sociology > Methodology
Sociology > Philosophy
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The philosophical logic of immediacy : the epistemic fallacy and the genetic fallacy
  • 2. The in£uence of empiricism on social ontology : methodological individualism and methodological collectivism
  • 3. Post-Wittgensteinian pragmatism : Rorty, anti-representationalism and politics
  • 4. Post-Wittgensteinian sociology : Giddens' ontology of practices
  • 5. Social realism : overcoming the sociological logic of immediacy
  • 6. Social realism and the study of chronic unemployment.

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