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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... for certain , been produced by the physical and mental activity of man , and for this reason one can , and , in fact , has to , find its principles and 20 • METHODOLOGY FOR THE HUMAN SCIENCES The Anti-Positivist Response.
... for certain , been produced by the physical and mental activity of man , and for this reason one can , and , in fact , has to , find its principles and 20 • METHODOLOGY FOR THE HUMAN SCIENCES The Anti-Positivist Response.
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... activity of the mind in knowledge and on the priority of value . Wilhelm Windelband and Heinrich Rickert , the leaders of this school , held that there was a fundamental difference between the natural sciences and the studies of history ...
... activity of the mind in knowledge and on the priority of value . Wilhelm Windelband and Heinrich Rickert , the leaders of this school , held that there was a fundamental difference between the natural sciences and the studies of history ...
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... activity of the agent in producing what is experienced.14 These three are representatives of the ideological context in which an anti - positivistic human science was undertaken in Germany . We shall turn now to six advocates of a ...
... activity of the agent in producing what is experienced.14 These three are representatives of the ideological context in which an anti - positivistic human science was undertaken in Germany . We shall turn now to six advocates of a ...
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... activity , which , in turn , provide part of the context in which individual experience is formed . Other expressions of human life must also be included— for instance , the laws that guide conduct , the religions that are believed in ...
... activity , which , in turn , provide part of the context in which individual experience is formed . Other expressions of human life must also be included— for instance , the laws that guide conduct , the religions that are believed in ...
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... activity of life itself focused on itself . There are no transcendent , absolute standards of truth that can be utilized as grounds of certainty , and thus the study of life is an activity of particular individuals living at a ...
... activity of life itself focused on itself . There are no transcendent , absolute standards of truth that can be utilized as grounds of certainty , and thus the study of life is an activity of particular individuals living at a ...
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