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Title Critical realism, history, and philosophy in the social sciences / edited by Timothy Rutzou, George Steinmetz.

Publication Info. Bingley, UK : Emerald Publishing, 2018.

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Description 1 online resource.
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Series Political power and social theory ; volume 34
Political power and social theory ; v. 34.
Contents Front Cover; Critical Realism, History, and Philosophy in The Social Sciences; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; Senior Editorial Board; Student Editorial Board; Editorial Statement; Series Editor's Introduction; Crisis!? What Crisis!? On Social Theory and Reflexivity; Introduction; Get Real; What Is Theory? And Where Does Critical Realism Fit?; Contemporary Definitions; Defining the Logic of Theory, Metatheory, and Ontology; The Place of Ontology; Conclusions and Summary; Chapter Overview; Notes; Acknowledgment; References
After Positivism: Critical Realism and Historical SociologyCausation in History: Positivist and Realist approaches; Reduction and Emergence: Methodological Individualism and Historical Sociology; Conclusion: "Value Freedom" and Historical Sociology; Notes; References; Uses of Value Judgments in Science: A General Argument, with Lessons from a Case Study of Feminist Research on Divorce; Rethinking the Underdetermination Argument for Value-Laden Science; The Orthodox Case for Value-Neutral Science; The Orthodox Case Evaluated: Can There be Evidence for Value Judgments?
The Bidirectional Influence of Facts and Values: A Case Study of Feminist ScienceHow to Use Value Judgments to Guide Science in Legitimate and Fruitful Ways; Legitimacy; Fruitfulness; Normative Authority; Noncognitive Intrinsic Value Judgments; Models; Notes; Acknowledgment; References; Principles of Reconstructive Social Theory; What Is Reconstructive Social Theory?; Metatheory: The Philosophical Foundations; Social Theory: Agency, Culture, and Social Change; Sociological Theory: The Ontology of the Present; Acknowledgment; References
Conjunctures and Assemblages: Approaches to Multicausal Explanation in the Human SciencesConjunctures; The Althusserian Tradition; Sahlins and Sewell; Critical Realism; Reviewing Conjunctures; Assemblages; Comparing and Applying Conjunctures and Assemblages; Notes; Acknowledgments; References; Appendix; Strange Bedfellows? Ontology, Normativity, Critical Realism, and Queer Theory; Introduction; The Riddle of Normativity; Naturalism versus Critique; A Genealogy: The Cradle of Social Science: Naturalism and Realism; Critical Realism and Critical Ethical Naturalism
Against Naturalism, Critical, Cautious, or OtherwiseThe Critical Tradition; The Critique of Critique; Queer Theory as a Case Study: Queering Ontology; Conclusion; Notes; Acknowledgment; References; Index
Summary This volume examines the relationship between history, philosophy, and social science, and contributors explore questions concerning realism, ontology, causation, explanation, and values in order to address the question ""what does a post-positivist social science look like?""
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Philosophy and social sciences.
Philosophy and social sciences.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Rutzou, Timothy, editor.
Steinmetz, George, 1957- editor.
Other Form: Print version: Critical realism, history, and philosophy in the social sciences. Bingley, UK : Emerald Publishing, 2018 1787566048 9781787566040 (OCoLC)1024203924
ISBN 9781787566033 (electronic book)
178756603X (electronic book)
9781787566040
1787566048