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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... Structures 135 Systems Structuralism and Human Systems Systems Inquiry and Methodology 5 Human Action 135 152 166 169 The Nature of Human Action 170 Explanations and Accounts of Human Action : Causal Explanations 173 Explanations and ...
... Structures 135 Systems Structuralism and Human Systems Systems Inquiry and Methodology 5 Human Action 135 152 166 169 The Nature of Human Action 170 Explanations and Accounts of Human Action : Causal Explanations 173 Explanations and ...
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... structure . Methods accepted in the past decades are now seen to rest on assumptions about research that have come under increasing attack , and questions once thought to have been answered are being asked again . Con- sequently ...
... structure . Methods accepted in the past decades are now seen to rest on assumptions about research that have come under increasing attack , and questions once thought to have been answered are being asked again . Con- sequently ...
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... structural and interpretative approaches , Jürgen Habermas's discussions of science and human interests , and ... structure , ' " the life and history of human beings , " " the sphere of Geist and its contents , " " human action in ...
... structural and interpretative approaches , Jürgen Habermas's discussions of science and human interests , and ... structure , ' " the life and history of human beings , " " the sphere of Geist and its contents , " " human action in ...
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... structures , and yet at times we seem to transcend these structures and produce novel and creative ideas . As a consequence , those problems of understanding that focus on us and our communities present the greatest challenge to our ...
... structures , and yet at times we seem to transcend these structures and produce novel and creative ideas . As a consequence , those problems of understanding that focus on us and our communities present the greatest challenge to our ...
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... structure of this old debate has ceased to produce useful discourse . In recent decades , investigations in the philosophy of science , along with the development of alternative systems of inquiry , have brought about vast changes in ...
... structure of this old debate has ceased to produce useful discourse . In recent decades , investigations in the philosophy of science , along with the development of alternative systems of inquiry , have brought about vast changes in ...
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