Critical Theory and MethodologyCritical Theory traces its roots from Marxism, through the renowned Frankfurt School, to a wide array of national and cultural traditions. Raymond Morrow's book traces the history and outlines the major tenets of critical theory for an undergraduate audience. He exemplifies the theory through an analysis of two leading social theorists: J[um]urgen Habermas and Anthony Giddens. Unique to this volume is the emphasis on the link between Critical Theory and empirical research and social science methodology, often thought to be incompatible. |
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... scientific discovery and concluded that the " norms " of the scientific community were the basis of scientific progress , not the personal qualities of individual researchers . Hence all great scientists were " standing on the shoulders ...
... scientific discovery and concluded that the " norms " of the scientific community were the basis of scientific progress , not the personal qualities of individual researchers . Hence all great scientists were " standing on the shoulders ...
Page 69
... scientific propositions and everything else - by default , irrational or at least nonrational . Whereas the former can be answered rationally by empirical arguments , the latter is held to be purely relativistic . For Max Weber this ...
... scientific propositions and everything else - by default , irrational or at least nonrational . Whereas the former can be answered rationally by empirical arguments , the latter is held to be purely relativistic . For Max Weber this ...
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... scientific method . The basis of all scientific knowledge was the elementary facts or protocol sentences to which sense - data could be reduced . Further , the events described by such data were ultimately physical in origin , thus ...
... scientific method . The basis of all scientific knowledge was the elementary facts or protocol sentences to which sense - data could be reduced . Further , the events described by such data were ultimately physical in origin , thus ...
Contents
What Is Critical Theory? | 5 |
Postempiricist Critiques of Positivism | 62 |
Positivism in the Social Sciences | 69 |
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Critical Theory and Methodology Raymond A. Morrow,Raymond Allen Morrow,David D. Brown Limited preview - 1994 |
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