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Books on: philosophical social science

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Polity and Society: Philosophical Underpinnings of Social Science Paradigms

Book by Michael Haas; Praeger Publishers, 1992

Subjects:

Paradigms (Social Sciences), Political Science--Philosophy, Sociology--Philosophy

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

This book deconstructs competing paradigms in political science and sociology in order to demonstrate metaphysical, methodological, and normative assumptions that underpin the paradigms themselves. Haas covers alternative paradigms in seven fields of middle-range theory--development, community ...
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This book deconstructs competing paradigms in political science and sociology in order to demonstrate metaphysical, methodological, and normative assumptions that underpin the paradigms themselves. Haas covers alternative paradigms in seven fields of middle-range theory--development, community power, presidential voting, ethnic voting, civil strife, international violence, and international community--in both political science and sociology. He concludes that competing theorists argue ideologically when they should be discussing their differences in terms of underlying philosophical assumptions.
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Science, Reform, and Politics in Victorian Britain: The Social Science Association, 1857-1886

Book by Lawrence Goldman; Cambridge University Press, 2002

Subjects:

Great Britain--History--Victoria, 1837-1901, Great Britain--Politics And Government--1837-1901, Great Britain--Social Conditions--19th Century, National Association For The Promotion Of Social Science (Great Britain)--History, Social Change--Great Britain--History--19th Century, Social Change--Great Britain--Societies, Etc, Social Values--Great Britain--History--19th Century

Collections: History, Entire Library

Lawrence Goldman examines the origins of social policies in the mid-Victorian period from the 1850s to the 1880s. He focuses on the Social Science Association (the SSA), a remarkable organization whose debates on Victorian society attracted many eminent and powerful contributors. The Association is ...
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Lawrence Goldman examines the origins of social policies in the mid-Victorian period from the 1850s to the 1880s. He focuses on the Social Science Association (the SSA), a remarkable organization whose debates on Victorian society attracted many eminent and powerful contributors. The Association is famous for its influence over many different social policies, including the emancipation of women. It was the first and most important arena for the pioneer British feminists. Goldman depicts the SSA in the context of its age, and explains its relevance to politics, social life and intellectual development.
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Research in Service to Society: The First Fifty Years of the Institute for Research in Social Science at the University of North Carolina

Book by Guy Benton Johnson, Guion Griffis Johnson; University of North Carolina Press, 1980

Subjects:

University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill--Institute For Research In Social Science--History

Collections: Entire Library

...the Institute for Research in Social Science at the University of North Carolina...Hill. Institute for Research in Social Science-- History. I. Johnson, Guion...the Institute for Research in Social Science whose history is being recorded...
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The Limits of Behavioralism in Political Science: A Symposium Sponsored by the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Book by James C. Charlesworth; American Academy of Political and Social, 1962

Subjects:

Political Science, Political Science--Research

Collections: Entire Library

...political research from the perspectives of social psychology, loudly applaud the insistence...institutional approach that we find in political science. classification as behavioralists, would...V. Van Dyke, Political Science, A Philosophical Analysis Stanford: Stanford University...
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Science and Social Science: An Introduction

Book by Malcolm Williams; Routledge, 2000

Subjects:

Science--Methodology, Science--Philosophy, Social Sciences--Methodology, Social Sciences--Philosophy

Collections: Philosophy, Psychology, Entire Library

Is social science really a science at all, and if so in what sense? This is the first question that any course on the philosophy of the social sciences must tackle. In this brief introduction, Malcolm Williams gives students the grounding that will enable them to discuss the issues involved with ...
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Is social science really a science at all, and if so in what sense? This is the first question that any course on the philosophy of the social sciences must tackle. In this brief introduction, Malcolm Williams gives students the grounding that will enable them to discuss the issues involved with confidence. He looks at: * The historical development of natural science and its distinctive methodology * the case in favour of an objective science of the social which follows the same rules * The arguments of social constructionists, interpretative sociologists and others against objectivity and even science itself * recent developments in natural science - for instance the rise of complexity theory and the increased questioning of positivism - which bring it closer to some of the key arguments of social science. Throughout, the book is illustrated with short clear examples taken from the actual practice of social science research and from popular works of natural science which will illuminate the debate for all students whatever their background.
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Journal Articles on: philosophical social science

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Making Social Science Matter: Why Social Enquiry Fails and How It Can Succeed Again

Journal article by Jim Lemon; The Canadian Geographer, Vol. 46, 2002

Subjects:

Making Social Science Matter: Why Social Enquiry Fails and How It Can Succeed (Book)

Collections: Entire Library

...primarily interested in the philosophical bases of good social science. In sum, he rejects universal...range of current and past philosophical thinkers to support his...pretentions of universality in social science, he explains "why social...
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Making Social Science Matter: Why Social Inquiry Fails and How It Can Succeed Again

Journal article by David Oldroyd; Australian Journal of Social Issues, Vol. 36, 2001

Subjects:

Books--Reviews, Making Social Science Matter: Why Social Inquiry Fails and How it Can Succeed Again (Book)--Reviews

Collections: Entire Library

...Steven Sampson?), and holds to a cogent philosophical--sociological position. It concludes...application of the authors approach to social problems, as carded out in Denmark, where...opens with mention of Alan Sokal and the `science wars, arising from a notorious and hilarious...
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Making Social Science Matter: Why Social Inquiry Fails and How It Can Succeed Again

Journal article by Debra King; Journal of Sociology, Vol. 38, 2002

Subjects:

Making Social Science Matter: Why Social Inquiry Fails and How it can Succeed Again (Book)

Collections: Entire Library

...concerned: he had, it seems, conducted social science in a way that mattered. If there is...almost cursory attention given to feminist social research. For those of us who have conducted...familiar. If anything, however, Flyvbjergs philosophical approach to conducting value-rational...
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The Biography of a Social Science

Journal article by Rein Staal; Perspectives on Political Science, Vol. 24, 1995

Subjects:

Political Science--Study And Teaching--Periodicals

Collections: Entire Library

...awaiting exposure by social scientists. As a way...argue that political science ought to be a radical...plays as well as his philosophical writings. In recent...the key role played by social science in preparing a "world...
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"Fitted to Receive the Word of God": Emotions and Scientific Naturalism in the Religious Revivals of the 1830s

Journal article by Jeffrey A. Mullins; International Social Science Review, Vol. 81, 2006

Subjects:

Emotions--Research, Finney, Charles Grandison (American preacher)--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Finney, Charles Grandison (American preacher)--Religious aspects, Religion--Research, Science--Research

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...less than the other social sciences, and have generally...emotions based on the social and natural science of the day. This study...of such accounts. As social scientists continue...nineteenth-century integration of science and religion, see Mark...

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Magazine Articles on: philosophical social science

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Blame Him on Social Science

Magazine article by Alexander Cockburn; The Nation, Vol. 261, August 28, 1995

Subjects:

Mail bombings--Social aspects

Collections: Entire Library

...depending on your religious or philosophical opinions). The silly fool...longer exists anywhere." For social science, the Bomber represents the chickens...condition. So, as a dutiful social science student, he has no politics...
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Against Social De(con)struction of Science: Cautionary Tales from the Third World

Magazine article by Meera Nanda; Monthly Review, Vol. 48, March 1997

Subjects:

Culture--Social aspects, Science and civilization--Social aspects, Science--Social aspects

Collections: Entire Library

...it removes from science all that makes it...the quandary? Social constructivists...blind alley, but the philosophical problems they invoke...and yet deny that science cannot give us an...scientists. A relativist social constructionism...offered a detailed philosophical defense of contextual...
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Science, Religion, and Ecology Turn Eastward

Magazine article by Michael J. Strada; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 130, September 2001

Subjects:

Ecology--Religious aspects, Nature--Religious aspects, Philosophical anthropology--Religious aspects, Religion and science--Social aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, Entire Library

...only China) and undergird responsible social behavior, ecological sensitivity, and...remains praiseworthy, but his faith in science may be excessive. Wilson pays homage...and ecology converge if what passes for philosophical eclecticism is to grow beyond its Western...
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Never Mind? in Keeping with the Policy of the Humanist to Accommodate the Diverse Cultural Social, Political, and Philosophical Viewpoints of Its Readers, This Occasional Feature Allows for the Expression of Alternative, Dissenting, or Opposing Views on Issues Previously Broached within These Pages

Magazine article by Bruce H. Hinrichs; The Humanist, Vol. 62, January 2002

Subjects:

Brain--Analysis, Consciousness--Analysis, Telepathy--Analysis

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

...the Diverse Cultural Social, Political, and Philosophical Viewpoints of Its...Editors note: Is science really becoming able...THE AUTHOR of "The Science of Reading Minds in...intentionally referred to the science of "reading minds...
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Overcoming Antagonistic Atheism to Recast the Image of Humanism: In Keeping with the Policy of the Humanist to Accommodate the Diverse Cultural, Social, Political, and Philosophical Viewpoints of Its Readers, This Occasional Feature Allows for the Expression of Alternative, Dissenting, or Opposing Views on Issues of Importance to Humanists and the Humanist Movement

Magazine article by Jeff Nall; The Humanist, Vol. 66, July 2006

Subjects:

American Atheists--Finance, American Atheists--Membership, American Humanist Association--Finance, American Humanist Association--Membership, Atheism--Analysis, Freedom From Religion Foundation--Finance, Freedom From Religion Foundation--Membership, Humanism--Analysis, Humanists--Membership, Nonprofit organizations--Finance, Nonprofit organizations--Membership

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, Entire Library

...important contributions of deeply religious social justice leaders like the Reverend Dr...Dawkins criticism, Harries penned a column, "Science does not challenge my faith--it strengthens...Zimmerman, dean of the College of Letters and Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh...

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Newspaper Articles on: philosophical social science

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Philosophical Pragmatism, an Update

Newspaper article by Kevin Driscoll; The Washington Times, December 27, 1998

Subjects:

Peirce, Charles Sanders

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...elsewhere - Miss Haack sticks to the philosophical terrain that she knows so well. For...gender bias in the male-dominated world of science and seek to remedy it by instituting...evidence indicating the truth of the social-constructivist thesis, but could themselves...
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Mysteries of Science and Philosophy

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, November 5, 2006

Subjects:

Disease transmission, Prusiner, Stanley B.

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...have reached the stage in life when they can afford to explore the philosophical underpinnings of their subject without worrying how it will affect...scientific topics and public issues ranging from nuclear strategy to social policy.
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A New Philosophy of Science; Avoiding Cynicism and Reverence to Focus on the Human Aspect of Scientific Discovery

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, November 30, 2003

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...scientists are also powerful instruments of social control. For the most part, scientists...its flaws. In her new book, "Defending Science - Within Reason," Miss Haack displays...a tool of the powerful. They make the philosophical claim that all truths are relative and...
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1841 That's the Year That Britons Can Now Trace Their Roots Back to as the Census Goes on the Web. Life May Have Been Harsh Then, Says A.N. Wilson, but Britain Achieved a Greatness in Science, Industry and the Arts Inconceivable Today (and, Oh Yes, Literacy Rates Were 87%); Census,history

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), April 25, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...this little island kingdom, wracked with social problems - of which I shall say more...Geology and to form his own influential philosophical ideology of evolution - he invented the...forebears in any achievement of art, science or engineering. * THE Victorians by A...
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The Unending Year

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, January 3, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...personal in which you count your blessings or the philosophical in which you accept the sorrows of the world. But...technology cannot be certain of their occurrence, what social science can predict human disasters? Historians and political...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: philosophical social science

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Science

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...which it once would have ended. There are also philosophical problems raised by science, as in the uncertainty principle of the quantum...that also includes, for example, political and social events, developments in the arts, philosophy...
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Science Fiction

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...literature anticipates and comments on political and social concerns, and a variety of science-fiction subgenres have emerged: feminist science...were played out; Philip K. Dicks satirical and philosophical vision of postnuclear war southern California...
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Liberty , in Political Science

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...LIBERTY , in political science term used to describe...time afterward. The Philosophical Concept of Liberty...only modified, in the social contract by which they...except in a strictly social sense. Liberties are...establishing economic and social security, and freedom...
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Uppsala, University Of

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...of Bishop Ulfilas The university has faculties of theology, law, medicine, arts (historical-philosophical and linguistic), social science, science, and pharmacy and an institute of cancer research. ____________________ The Columbia Encyclopedia...
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Mazzini, Giuseppe

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...His youth was spent in literary and philosophical studies. He early joined the Carbonari...program was not only political, but deeply social, aiming at human redemption on a religious...remarkably fine. He wrote on politics, social science, philosophy, and literature. A selection...

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