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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... reality . ( 2 ) The continued development and increased sophistication of systems the- ory and its application to the study of the workings of complexly organized wholes such as human beings . ( 3 ) The concerted effort to develop a ...
... reality . ( 2 ) The continued development and increased sophistication of systems the- ory and its application to the study of the workings of complexly organized wholes such as human beings . ( 3 ) The concerted effort to develop a ...
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... between doxa ( opinion or belief ) and epistēmē ( certainty and knowl- edge ) . This distinction has its origins in the early Greek attempt to clarify the differences between experience and reality . In the INTRODUCTION ⚫ •
... between doxa ( opinion or belief ) and epistēmē ( certainty and knowl- edge ) . This distinction has its origins in the early Greek attempt to clarify the differences between experience and reality . In the INTRODUCTION ⚫ •
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... reality ) . As a term , science retains this distinction , but in practice it has lost the broad implication of the search for knowledge and has come , instead , to stand for a particular method by means of which certain knowledge is ...
... reality ) . As a term , science retains this distinction , but in practice it has lost the broad implication of the search for knowledge and has come , instead , to stand for a particular method by means of which certain knowledge is ...
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... reality of what we normally accept as knowledge . The debate , as formulated by the skeptics , provides only two categories of propositions - apodictic and problematic . Either a prop- osition is infallible and beyond doubt or it is ...
... reality of what we normally accept as knowledge . The debate , as formulated by the skeptics , provides only two categories of propositions - apodictic and problematic . Either a prop- osition is infallible and beyond doubt or it is ...
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... reality that exists because of human beings . If human beings did not inhabit the planet , there would be no such constructions as roads and homes , there would be no social institutions , there would be no cultural - belief systems ...
... reality that exists because of human beings . If human beings did not inhabit the planet , there would be no such constructions as roads and homes , there would be no social institutions , there would be no cultural - belief systems ...
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