A Dialogue on Understanding. Issue 4 (July 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Mantzavinos, C.
• Other Names: Feest Uljana guest-editor.; Bouvier Alban guest-editor.; Henderson David guest-editor.; Kaldis Byron guest-editor.; Montuschi Eleonora guest-editor.; Risjord Mark guest-editor.; Roth Paul guest-editor.; Zahle Julie guest-editor.; Bonilla Jesus Zamora guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Philosophy of the social sciences. Volume 49:Issue 4(2019)
• Page Start: 307
• Page End: 322
• Publication Date: 2019-07
• Subjects: Verstehen -- hypothetico-deductive method -- naturalism -- explanation -- interpretation -- nexus of meaning; Social sciences -- Periodicals; Social sciences -- Methodology -- Periodicals; Sciences sociales -- Périodiques; Sciences sociales -- Méthodologie -- Périodiques; 300.1
• DOI: 10.1177/0048393119847106
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0048-3931

Abstract

This paper written as a dialogue between two interlocutors, Julie and a Student, deals with Understanding and its role in the social sciences. The fictional dialogue takes place in Hannover, Germany, and the interlocutors are exchanging arguments about Verstehen and how it should be conceptualized in the philosophy of the social sciences. A range of different approaches is discussed and a naturalistic strategy emerges as a defensible alternative.