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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... whole systems perspective. Whole Systems Design: Inquiries in the Knowing Field can be read in any order. You may wish to first read, in Section Three, what long-time practitioners of Systemic Constellation Work have to share, their ...
... whole systems perspective. Whole Systems Design: Inquiries in the Knowing Field can be read in any order. You may wish to first read, in Section Three, what long-time practitioners of Systemic Constellation Work have to share, their ...
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... whole earth must do right, and even resting with satisfaction on His righteous judgment. But the whole tenor and construction of the history tell this story with even greater emphasis. On atten. tive study it will be seen to be not so ...
... whole earth must do right, and even resting with satisfaction on His righteous judgment. But the whole tenor and construction of the history tell this story with even greater emphasis. On atten. tive study it will be seen to be not so ...
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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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