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The Logic Of Social Science
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Author : James Mahoney
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2021-08-17
The Logic Of Social Science written by James Mahoney and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-17 with Political Science categories.
"Mahoney's starting point is the problem of essentialism in social science. Essentialism--the belief that the members of a category possess hidden properties ("essences") that make them members of the category and that endow them with a certain nature--is appropriate for scientific categories ("atoms", for instance) but not for human ones ("revolutions," for instance). Despite this, much social science research takes place from within an essentialist orientation; those who reject this assumption goes so far in the other direction as to reject the idea of an external reality, independent of human beings, altogether. Mahoney proposes an alternative approach that aspires to bridge this enduring rift in the social sciences between those who take a scientific approach and assume that social science categories correspond to external reality (and thus believe that the methods used in the natural sciences are generally appropriate for the social sciences) and those who take a constructivist approach and believe that because the categories used to understand the social world are humanly-constructed, they cannot possibly follow the science of the natural world. As the name suggests, scientific constructivism brings in aspects of both views and attempts to unite them. Drawing from cognitive science, it focuses on using the rational parts of our brain machinery to overcome the limitations and deeply seated biases (such as essentialism) of our evolved minds. Specifically, Mahoney puts forth a "set-theoretic analysis" that focuses on "sets" of categories as they exist in the mind that are also subject to the mathematical logic of set-theory. He spends the first four chapters of the book establishing the foundations and methods for set-theoretic analysis, the next four chapters looking and how this analysis fits with the existing tools of social science, and the final four chapters focusing on how this approach can be used to study and understand cases"--
Science In Society
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Author : Massimiano Bucchi
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2004-07-31
Science In Society written by Massimiano Bucchi and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-07-31 with Science categories.
The world around us is continually being shaped by science, and by society’s relationship to it. In recent years sociologists have been increasingly preoccupied with the latter, and now in this fascinating book, Massimiano Bucchi provides a brief introduction to this topical issue. Bucchi provides clear and unassuming summaries of all the major theoretical positions within the sociology of science, illustrated with many fascinating examples. Theories covered include Thomas Kuhn's theory of scientific change, the sociology of scientific knowledge, actor-network theory, and the social construction of technology. The second half of the book looks at recent public controversies over the role of science in the modern world including: * the Sokal affair, otherwise known as the science wars * debates over public understanding of science, such as global warming and genetically modified food * the implications of the human genome project. This much needed introduction to a rapidly growing area brings theory alive and will be essential reading for all students of the sociology of science.
For Science In The Social Sciences
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Author : David Papineau
language : en
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Release Date : 1979
For Science In The Social Sciences written by David Papineau and has been published by Palgrave Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Sciences sociales - Méthodologie categories.
Science And Technology Studies
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Author : Michael Lynch
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
Science And Technology Studies written by Michael Lynch and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Science categories.
Science Sociale
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Author : Jean-Guillaume-César-Alexandre-Hippolyte Colins
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1857
Science Sociale written by Jean-Guillaume-César-Alexandre-Hippolyte Colins and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1857 with categories.
Science Sociale
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Author : Jean Guillaume César Alexandre Hippolyte de Colins
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1866
Science Sociale written by Jean Guillaume César Alexandre Hippolyte de Colins and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1866 with categories.
Science Sociale
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Author : Colins
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1895
Science Sociale written by Colins and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1895 with categories.
Explaining Social Behavior
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Author : Jon Elster
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2007-04-30
Explaining Social Behavior written by Jon Elster and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-04-30 with Philosophy categories.
This book is an expanded and revised edition of the author's critically acclaimed volume Nuts and Bolts for the Social Sciences. In twenty-six succinct chapters, Jon Elster provides an account of the nature of explanation in the social sciences. He offers an overview of key explanatory mechanisms in the social sciences, relying on hundreds of examples and drawing on a large variety of sources - psychology, behavioral economics, biology, political science, historical writings, philosophy and fiction. Written in accessible and jargon-free language, Elster aims at accuracy and clarity while eschewing formal models. In a provocative conclusion, Elster defends the centrality of qualitative social sciences in a two-front war against soft (literary) and hard (mathematical) forms of obscurantism.
The Social Sciences In The Looking Glass
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Author : Didier Fassin
language : en
Publisher: Duke University Press
Release Date : 2023-02-20
The Social Sciences In The Looking Glass written by Didier Fassin and has been published by Duke University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-02-20 with Social Science categories.
In recent years, social scientists have turned their critical lens on the historical roots and contours of their disciplines, including their politics and practices, epistemologies and methods, institutionalization and professionalization, national development and colonial expansion, globalization and local contestations, and public presence and role in society. The Social Sciences in the Looking Glass offers current social scientific perspectives on this reflexive moment. Examining sociology, anthropology, philosophy, political science, legal theory, and religious studies, the volume’s contributors outline the present transformations of the social sciences, explore their connections with critical humanities, analyze the challenges of alternate paradigms, and interrogate recent endeavors to move beyond the human. Throughout, the authors, who belong to half a dozen disciplines, trace how the social sciences are thoroughly entangled in the social facts they analyze and are key to helping us understand the conditions of our world. Contributors. Chitralekha, Jean-Louis Fabiani, Didier Fassin, Johan Heilbron, Miriam Kingsberg Kadia, Kristoffer Kropp, Nicolas Langlitz, John Lardas Modern, Álvaro Morcillo Laiz, Amín Pérez, Carel Smith, George Steinmetz, Peter D. Thomas, Bregje van Eekelen, Agata Zysiak
Introduction To The Social Sciences Rle Social Theory
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Author : Maurice Duverger
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014-08-04
Introduction To The Social Sciences Rle Social Theory written by Maurice Duverger and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-04 with Social Science categories.
Professor Duverger at last provides the student with an overall view of the methodology of the social sciences. He briefly traces the origin of the notion of a social science, showing how it emerged from social philosophy. Its essential elements and pre-conditions are described; the splintering of social science into specialist disciplines is explained, and the need for a general sociology confirmed. The techniques of observation used by social scientists are dealt with in some detail and the unity of the social sciences is illustrated by examples of the universal application of these techniques. Documentary evidence in its various forms are described along with the basic analytical techniques, including quantitative methods and content analysis. Other methods of gathering information through polls, interviews, attitude scales and participant observation are all described. Professor Duverger brings together the different kinds of analysis used to assess the information thus gathered. Arguing that observing and theorizing are not two different stages or levels of research, he examines the practical value and difficulties of general sociological theories, partial theories and models and working hypotheses. He both describes and assesses the limitations of experiment and the scope of comparative methods in the social sciences. He then gives elementary instructions for using and assessing the value of mathematical techniques. The possibilities of presenting social phenomena through graphs and charts are also explored. There are useful book lists and diagrams.