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4. Methods Unbound

Paul A. Roth

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Meaning and Method in the Social Sciences

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Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Preface ix
Introduction: The Rationalitatstreit 1
1. Knowledge Denatured 10
2. Epistemology Socialized 44
3. The Rites of Rationality 73
4. Methods Unbound 98
5. Who Needs Paradigms? 115
6. Pseudoproblems in Social Science: The Myth of Meaning Realism 130
7. Voodoo Epistemology: The Strong Programme in the Sociology of Science 152
8. Voodoo Epistemology: Causality and the Strong Programme 183
9. Resolving the Rationalitatstreit 226
Index 247

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Preface ix
Introduction: The Rationalitatstreit 1
1. Knowledge Denatured 10
2. Epistemology Socialized 44
3. The Rites of Rationality 73
4. Methods Unbound 98
5. Who Needs Paradigms? 115
6. Pseudoproblems in Social Science: The Myth of Meaning Realism 130
7. Voodoo Epistemology: The Strong Programme in the Sociology of Science 152
8. Voodoo Epistemology: Causality and the Strong Programme 183
9. Resolving the Rationalitatstreit 226
Index 247

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