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Author : Robert John Anderson,J. A. Hughes,Wes W. Sharrock
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0709905521
Author : Wilhelm Dilthey
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Hermeneutics
ISBN : 0814318983
For some two centuries, scholars have wrestled with questions regarding the nature and logic of history as a discipline and, more broadly, with the entire complex of the "human sciences, " with include theology, philosophy, history, literature, the fine arts, and languages. The fundamental issue is whether the human sciences are a special class of studies with a specifically distinct object and method or whether they must be subsumed under the natural sciences. German philosopher Wilhelm Dilthey dedicated the bulk of his long career to there and related questions. His Introduction to the Human Sciences is a pioneering effort to elaborate a general theory of the human sciences, especially history, and to distinguish these sciences radically from the field of natural sciences. Though the Introduction was never completed, it remains one of the major statements of the topic. Together with other works by Dilthey, it has had a substantial influence on the recognition and human sciences as a fundamental division of human knowledge and on their separation from the natural sciences in origin, nature, and method. As a contribution to the issue of the methodologies of the humanities and social sciences, the Introduction rightly claims a place. This is the first time the entire work is available in English. In his introductory essay, translator Ramon J. Betanzos surveys Dilthey's life and thought and hails his efforts to create a foundational science for the particular human sciences, and at the same time, takes serious issue with Dilthey's historical/critical evaluation of metaphysics.
Author : Louis Althusser
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2016-09-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780231542104
What can psychoanalysis, a psychological approach developed more than a century ago, offer us in an age of rapidly evolving, hard-to-categorize ideas of sexuality and the self? Should we abandon Freud's theories completely or adapt them to new findings and the new relationships taking shape in modern liberal societies? In a remarkably prescient series of lectures delivered in the early 1960s, the French philosopher Louis Althusser anticipated the challenges that psychoanalytic theory would face as politics moved away from structuralist frameworks and toward the elastic possibilities of anthropological and sociological thought. Psychoanalysis and the Human Sciences translates Althusser's remarkable seminars into English for the first time, making available to a wider audience the origins and potential future of radical political theory. Althusser takes the important step in these lectures of distinguishing psychoanalysis from psychology and especially psychiatry, which long resisted Freud's analytical concepts of the unconscious and overdetermination. By freeing psychoanalysis from this bind, Althusser can then apply these analytical concepts to the social and the political, integrated with Marxist theory. The result is an enlivened methodology for comprehending social organization and change that had a profound influence on the Frankfurt School and scholars who continue to work at the forefront of radical thought today: Judith Butler, Étienne Balibar, and Alain Badiou.
Author : C. Mantzavinos
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2009-09-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781139479820
This volume is a unique contribution to the philosophy of the social sciences, presenting the results of cutting-edge philosophers' research alongside critical discussions by practicing social scientists. The book is motivated by the view that the philosophy of the social sciences cannot ignore the specific scientific practices according to which social scientific work is being conducted, and that it will be valuable only if it evolves in constant interaction with theoretical developments in the social sciences. With its unique format guaranteeing a genuine discussion between philosophers and social scientists, this thought-provoking volume extends the frontiers of the field. It will appeal to all scholars and students interested in the interplay between philosophy and the social sciences.
Author : Jens Hoyrup
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2000-06-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780791492451
Human Sciences assesses the importance and value of the humanities historically and philosophically, and makes the case for treating them as sciences. Through careful examination of the characteristics they share with the natural and social sciences, as well as what distinguishes them from other scientific fields, the book argues that the humanities may be seen to correspond with the German/Latin Wissenschaft/scientia—that is, as systematic, organized bodies of knowledge, rather than as branches of knowledge that should necessarily emulate the quantitative and experimental approach of the natural sciences. After analyzing the humanities from historical and philosophical perspectives, the book presents a general philosophy of science that results from an analysis of the features that are shared by the humanities and the natural and social sciences, and then applies some of these insights to philosophical problems of particular relevance for the humanities, such as moral philosophy and the relation between art and cognition.
Author : Paul Ricoeur
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2016-08-26
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781107144972
John B. Thompson's collection of translated essays forms an illuminating introduction to Paul Ricoeur's prolific contributions to sociological theory.
Author : Robert John Anderson,John A. Hughes,Wes W. Sharrock
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Philosophy and social sciences
ISBN : 0415029716
Straightforward exposition of the contribution of a number of major philosophers and schools of philosophy to the social and behavioural sciences. Where appropriate, the exposition is illustrated by examples drawn from the human sciences.
Author : Charles Taylor
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1985-03-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0521317495
A selection of published papers is presented here in two volumes, structured to indicate the direction and essential unity of the work.
Author : Michael Martin,Lee C. McIntyre
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 818 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN : 0262631512
the first comprehensive anthology in the philosophy of social science to appear since the late 1960s
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Structuralism
ISBN : UCSC:32106006635087
Author : David K. Henderson
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1993-07-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 079141406X
Henderson examines the foundations of an analytic social science approach to develop a well-integrated account of the human sciences, focusing on the pivotal notions of interpretation and explanation. The author acknowledges the importance of interpretive understanding in the human sciences, and proposes a methodology that reflects both interpretive practice as well as scientific methodology. He refutes the methodological separatists who hold that the logic of explanation and testing in the human sciences is fundamentally different from that of the natural sciences, and examines in detail the constraints on interpretation. In providing an integrated treatment of these two central issues in social science, Henderson offers a thorough analysis of the adequacy of interpretation and the nature of explanation in the human sciences.
Author : Patrick Baert
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2016-01-08
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780745699981
In this ground-breaking new text, Patrick Baert analyses thecentral perspectives in the philosophy of social science,critically investigating the work of Durkheim, Weber, Popper,critical realism, critical theory, and Rorty's neo pragmatism. Places key writers in their social and political contexts,helping to make their ideas meaningful to students. Shows how these authors’ views have practical uses inempirical research. Lively approach that makes complex ideas understandable toupper-level students, as well as having scholarly appeal.
Author : Jaan Valsiner
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2019-12-11
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9783030330996
This is an international and interdisciplinary volume that provides a new look at the general background of the social sciences from a philosophical perspective and provides directions for methodology. It seeks to overcome the limitations of the traditional treatises of a philosophy of science rooted in the physical sciences, as well as extend the coverage of basic science to intentional and socially normative features of the social sciences. The discussions included in this book are divided into four thematic sections: Social and cognitive roots for reflexivity upon the research process Philosophies of explanation in the social sciences Social normativity in social sciences Social processes in particular sciences Social Philosophy of Science for the Social Sciences will find an interested audience in students of the philosophy of science and social sciences. It is also relevant for researchers and students in the fields of psychology, sociology, economics, anthropology, education, and political science.
Author : Donald E. Polkinghorne
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1984-06-30
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781438416274
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.
Author : Peter A. French,Theodore Edward Uehling,Howard K. Wettstein
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : STANFORD:36105035247803
Presents essays (previously unpublished) by prominent philosophers on topics such as rationality and alien cultures, moral realism and social science, human sciences in the case of literature, Foucault's genealogical method, Vigotsky and artificial intelligence. No index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR