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The Expanded Social Scientist's Bestiary
A Guide to Fabled Threats to, and Defenses of, Naturalistic Social Science
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2000
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The (Expanded)Social ScientistOs Bestiary addresses a number of important theoretical and philosophical issues in the social sciences from the perspective of contemporary philosophy of science. The book discusses and critiques the various arguments that purport to establish that it is a mistake to believe that a naturalistic social science- i.e. social science that in some way resembles the natural sciences- can be produced. It is intended to guide social scientists-researchers, teachers, and students-so that they will not fall victim to the beasts they will encounter in the course of their inquiries. Such beasts include holism, post-positivistic work in the philosophy of science, Kuhnian relativism, the denial of objectivity and value neutrality, hermeneutics and several others, both good and bad. This expanded and revised edition contains four new chapters tackling such contemporary beasts as Popperian rules, narrative research, and various forms of constructivism. The chapters presented in this volume are, as far as possible, self-contained so that each chapter can be consulted without the necessity of having read the others, thus making this volume an invaluable guide for faculty members and graduate students in the whole of the social sciences and related applied fields.
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Copyright year
2000
ISBN-Print
978-0-8476-9891-2
ISBN-Online
978-0-7425-7939-2
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
277
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CONTENTS No access
Preface: On Good and Bad Beasts No access
Acknowledgments No access
1 Constructivism and Its Many Faces: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly No access Pages 1 - 18
2 Hermeneutics and Naturalistic Social Inquiry No access Pages 19 - 40
3 Holistic Tendencies in Social Science No access Pages 41 - 60
4 Narrative Research: Telling Stories about Stories No access Pages 61 - 84
5 Naturalistic Ideals in Social Science No access Pages 85 - 100
6 New Philosophy of Science No access Pages 101 - 116
7 Objectivity and Subjectivity No access Pages 117 - 136
8 Popperian Rules for Research Design No access Pages 137 - 156
9 Positivism No access Pages 157 - 168
10 Qualitative Research and Its Warrant No access Pages 169 - 186
11 Social Construction of Knowledge No access Pages 187 - 208
12 Theories and Laws No access Pages 209 - 230
13 Values and Social Inquiry No access Pages 231 - 250
