Ways of knowing : competing methodologies in social and political research /: competing methodologies in social and political research. (2012)
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- Book
- Title:
- Ways of knowing : competing methodologies in social and political research /: competing methodologies in social and political research. (2012)
- Main Title:
- Ways of knowing : competing methodologies in social and political research
- Further Information:
- Note: Jonathon W. Moses and Torbjorn L. Knutsen.
- Other Names:
- Moses, Jonathon Wayne, 1962-
Knutsen, Torbjørn L - Contents:
- Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface and Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; Methodological Foundations; Naturalism; Constructivism; Scientific Realism; Chapter Outline and Logic; Recommended Further Reading; 2 The Naturalist Philosophy of Science; The Birth of the Philosophy of Science; Francis Bacon and the Method of Induction; Locke, Hume and the Modern Philosophy of Knowledge; The Basic Assumptions of the Naturalist Methodology; On Doubt and Reductionism: The Cartesian Revolution; Post-Cartesian Developments: From Comte to Vienna; Logical Positivism; Karl Popper Post-PopperRecapitulation: The Naturalist Way of Knowing; The Broad Joists of the Naturalist Methodology; The Naturalist Hierarchy of Methods; Recommended Further Reading; 3 The Experimental Method; The Logic at the Core of Experiments; Historical and Definitional Preliminaries; Galileo's Design; The Classic Design; Exemplary Illustrations; Ideological Innocence; Media Influence; Collective Action; Conclusion; Recommended Further Reading; 4 The Statistical Method; Descriptive Statistics; Pioneers: Graunt, Petty and Conring; Basic Concepts and Examples; Inferential Statistics Multivariate AnalysisConclusion; Recommended Further Reading; 5 The Comparative Method; The Methods of John Stuart Mill; The Method of Difference; The Method of Agreement; The Indirect Method of Difference; The Method of Concomitant Variation; Shortcomings; Over-determination; Sampling Bias; Conclusion; Recommended FurtherCover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface and Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; Methodological Foundations; Naturalism; Constructivism; Scientific Realism; Chapter Outline and Logic; Recommended Further Reading; 2 The Naturalist Philosophy of Science; The Birth of the Philosophy of Science; Francis Bacon and the Method of Induction; Locke, Hume and the Modern Philosophy of Knowledge; The Basic Assumptions of the Naturalist Methodology; On Doubt and Reductionism: The Cartesian Revolution; Post-Cartesian Developments: From Comte to Vienna; Logical Positivism; Karl Popper Post-PopperRecapitulation: The Naturalist Way of Knowing; The Broad Joists of the Naturalist Methodology; The Naturalist Hierarchy of Methods; Recommended Further Reading; 3 The Experimental Method; The Logic at the Core of Experiments; Historical and Definitional Preliminaries; Galileo's Design; The Classic Design; Exemplary Illustrations; Ideological Innocence; Media Influence; Collective Action; Conclusion; Recommended Further Reading; 4 The Statistical Method; Descriptive Statistics; Pioneers: Graunt, Petty and Conring; Basic Concepts and Examples; Inferential Statistics Multivariate AnalysisConclusion; Recommended Further Reading; 5 The Comparative Method; The Methods of John Stuart Mill; The Method of Difference; The Method of Agreement; The Indirect Method of Difference; The Method of Concomitant Variation; Shortcomings; Over-determination; Sampling Bias; Conclusion; Recommended Further Reading; 6 History, Interviews and Case Studies; The Historical Method; Leopold von Ranke; Barbara Tuchman; Criticism; Surveys, Polls and Interviews; The Case-Study Method; Types of Case Studies; On Case Selection; The Utility of Case Studies; Conclusion Recommended Further Reading7 Sowing Doubts About Naturalist Methodology; Ontological Doubts; The Natural World; The Social World and Its Paradoxes; Epistemological Doubts; Presuppositions; Meaning; Scientific Authority; An Example; Methodological Doubts; Recommended Further Reading; 8 A Constructivist Philosophy of Science; On Natural and Other Worlds; The Awakening; On Pure Concepts and Natural Ideas; The World of Our Making; The Unwieldy World of William Whewell; Disparate Pieces to a New Philosophy of Science; The Role of History; The Impact of Society; The Role of Ideas On Communication and LanguageRecapitulation: A Constructivist Way of Knowing; The Constructivist Other; Conclusion; Recommended Further Reading; 9 From Story Telling to Telling Histories; The Mysterious Ways of Miss Marple; On Eccentricities and Serendipities; Social Framing; Scholars and Society; Ethnomethodology: Explaining Context; Ideas Matter; From Mentalities to Discourse; Patterns of Communication; Imprisoned by Plots; Patterns in Time; Process Tracing; The Problem of Generations; Conclusion; Recommended Further Reading; 10 Comparing Contexts; Apples and Oranges … (more)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed
- Publisher Details:
- Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication Date:
- 2012
- Extent:
- 1 online resource, illustrations
- Subjects:
- 300.72
Political science
History & Theory
Social sciences -- Methodology
Social sciences -- Comparative method
Social sciences -- Research
Methodology
Social sciences -- Comparative method
Social sciences -- Methodology
Social sciences -- Research
Social sciences - Comparative method
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Essays
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Reference
Electronic books - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781137008411
1137008415 - Related ISBNs:
- 9781137253514
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