Methodology for the Human Sciences: Systems of InquiryState University of New York Press, 1984 M06 30 - 364 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 xi
... object or subject matter of the human sciences with different phrases in the book . “ Human action and social structure , ' " the life and history of human beings , " " the sphere of Geist and its contents , " " human action in general ...
... object or subject matter of the human sciences with different phrases in the book . “ Human action and social structure , ' " the life and history of human beings , " " the sphere of Geist and its contents , " " human action in general ...
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... objects could produce " objectivity , " while others proposed that methods that recognized the unique features of the human realm - such as meaning - and also provided certain knowledge could be developed . Over time , the search for ...
... objects could produce " objectivity , " while others proposed that methods that recognized the unique features of the human realm - such as meaning - and also provided certain knowledge could be developed . Over time , the search for ...
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... object of inquiry in the human sciences , the life and history of human beings . For the researcher in the human sciences , design problems will be more like those of a skilled and creative architect , who fashions a unique design to ...
... object of inquiry in the human sciences , the life and history of human beings . For the researcher in the human sciences , design problems will be more like those of a skilled and creative architect , who fashions a unique design to ...
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... objects of the world , about ourselves , and about other persons.10 This is our common sense of what is . It is our doxa . This common stock of knowledge is usually held tacitly or im- plicitly ; ordinarily , a question of its accuracy ...
... objects of the world , about ourselves , and about other persons.10 This is our common sense of what is . It is our doxa . This common stock of knowledge is usually held tacitly or im- plicitly ; ordinarily , a question of its accuracy ...
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... knowledge that can pass the test of apodictic certainty . If the apodictic standard . is to be applied , it is possible that most of the things we ordinarily claim to know are wrong . Everyday knowledge of objects INTRODUCTION ⚫ • 11.
... knowledge that can pass the test of apodictic certainty . If the apodictic standard . is to be applied , it is possible that most of the things we ordinarily claim to know are wrong . Everyday knowledge of objects INTRODUCTION ⚫ • 11.
Contents
The Received View of Science | 59 |
Theoretical Networks | 71 |
The Human Sciences and the Deductive System of Inquiry | 87 |
Pragmatic Science | 93 |
Sciences as Expressions of Various | 103 |
Systems and Structures | 135 |
Human Action | 169 |
Linguistic Accounts | 192 |
ExistentialPhenomenological and Hermeneutic Systems | 201 |
Human Science Research | 241 |
Use of Linguistic Data | 258 |
Concluding Remarks | 279 |
Notes | 291 |
Bibliography | 325 |
Index | 343 |
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activity analysis apodictic approach argument basic behavior believed causal cause certainty concept consciousness context cultural deductive system described developed Dilthey Dilthey's discourse empirical empiricism example experience explanation expressions function Hempel hermeneutic historical human action human phenomena human realm human science Humanistic Psychology hypothesis Ibid individual inductive inference instance interaction interpretation investigation Jürgen Habermas kind knowledge claims language game laws linguistic logical positivism logical positivists meaning mental events method methodology notion objects observation organizing particular patterns Paul Ricoeur Peirce perception person phenomenological Philosophy of Science physical sciences position positivists postpositivist problem proposed psychology question rational reality received view refer relationship Ricoeur scientific scientists sensation sense data social science statements Stephen Toulmin structures systems of inquiry teleological theory trans truth understanding University Press valid various Vienna circle whole Wilhelm Dilthey Wittgenstein words York