Methodology for the Human Sciences: Systems of InquirySUNY Press, 1983 M01 1 - 349 pages Methodology for the Human Sciences addresses the growing need for a comprehensive textbook that surveys the emerging body of literature on human science research and clearly describes procedures and methods for carrying out new research strategies. It provides an overview of developing methods, describes their commonalities and variations, and contains practical information on how to implement strategies in the field. In it, Donald Polkinghorne calls for a renewal of debate over which methods are appropriate for the study of human beings, proposing that the results of the extensive changes in the philosophy of science since 1960 call for a reexamination of the original issues of this debate. The book traces the history of the deliberations from Mill and Dilthey to Hempel and logical positivism, examines recently developed systems of inquiry and their importance for the human sciences, and relates these systems to the practical problems of doing research on topics related to human experience. It discusses historical realism, systems and structures, phenomenology and hermeneutics, action theory, and the implications recent systems have for a revised human science methodology. |
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Page 1
... claim fails the test of certain truth , then it cannot be included within the body of scientifically approved statements ... claims of certainty could be grounded — Plato's realm of ideas , Descartes's clear and distinct ideas in ...
... claim fails the test of certain truth , then it cannot be included within the body of scientifically approved statements ... claims of certainty could be grounded — Plato's realm of ideas , Descartes's clear and distinct ideas in ...
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... claims that a community accepts are those that withstand the test of practical argument and use . Knowledge is understood to be the best under- standing that we have been able to produce thus far , not a statement of what is ultimately ...
... claims that a community accepts are those that withstand the test of practical argument and use . Knowledge is understood to be the best under- standing that we have been able to produce thus far , not a statement of what is ultimately ...
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... claims are accepted by a community when they have the power to convince the community that they are an improvement over previous under- standing . This convincing takes place through arguments that use an enlarged sense of reasoning ...
... claims are accepted by a community when they have the power to convince the community that they are an improvement over previous under- standing . This convincing takes place through arguments that use an enlarged sense of reasoning ...
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... claim finally stands within the community to whom the researcher will present his or her results for acceptance . The goal of research is to answer a question in such a way that it is convincing and can be defended with cogent arguments ...
... claim finally stands within the community to whom the researcher will present his or her results for acceptance . The goal of research is to answer a question in such a way that it is convincing and can be defended with cogent arguments ...
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... claim that we have absolute certainty . To defend the claim that what one proposes is true usually requires only that there be the best of grounds for what is claimed and that one can argue cogently before one's community , defending ...
... claim that we have absolute certainty . To defend the claim that what one proposes is true usually requires only that there be the best of grounds for what is claimed and that one can argue cogently before one's community , defending ...
Contents
The Original Debate | 15 |
Positivism | 16 |
The AntiPositivist Response | 20 |
The Recurring Debate | 51 |
Summary | 56 |
The Received View of Science | 59 |
The Vienna Circle | 60 |
Theoretical Networks | 71 |
Causal Explanations | 173 |
Acausal Explanations | 183 |
Linguistic Accounts | 192 |
Practical Reasoning | 195 |
ExistentialPhenomenological and Hermeneutic Systems | 201 |
The ExistentialPhenomenological System of Inquiry | 203 |
Hermeneutics Interpretation | 215 |
Interpretation and the Human Sciences | 237 |
The Human Sciences and the Deductive System of Inquiry | 87 |
Pragmatic Science | 93 |
Criticism of the Received View | 94 |
Sciences as Expressions of Various World Outlooks | 103 |
Historical Realism | 116 |
Systems and Structures | 135 |
Structuralism and Human Systems | 152 |
Systems Inquiry and Methodology | 166 |
Human Action | 169 |
The Nature of Human Action | 170 |
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