Criteria of Social Scientific Knowledge: Interpretation, Prediction, Praxis - Couverture rigide

Cook, Terrence E.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0847678830 ISBN 13 : 9780847678839

Editeur : Rowman & Littlefield, 1994

Synopsis

Social scientists often do not agree on what is a solid contribution to knowledge and what is only the illusory appearance of knowledge. In this work, Terrence E. Cook systematically compares and contrasts the main epistemological families within the social sciences (interpretive, predictive, and praxeological) examining strengths and weaknesses of each outlook. In exceptionally clear language he shows how paradigms of thought are constructed, and reveals the often unreflected presuppositions of each epistemological family. He concludes with a move toward synthesis and a turn to the study of strategy.

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À propos de l'auteur

Terrence E. Cook, professor of political science at Washington State University, is the author of The Great Alternatives of Social Thought (Rowman & Littlefield, 1991).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Rowman & Littlefield
• Date d'édition: 1994
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0847678830
• ISBN 13: 9780847678839
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 208
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• Personne responsable: non disponible