Metatheory in Social Science. Pluralisms and Subjectivities

Title page
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Copyright
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Contents
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Preface
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Conference Participants
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Introduction Uneasy Social Science - Richard A.
Shweder and Donald W. Fiske......Page 9
References
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1. Three Scientific World Views and the Covering Law Model - Roy D\'Andrade
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References
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2. Generalization and the Social Psychology of \'Other Worlds\' - Philip E. Converse
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Notes
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References
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3. Specificity of Method and Knowledge in Social Science - Donald W. Fiske
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Notes
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References
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4. Social Inquiry by and for Earthlings - Lee J. Cronbach
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References
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5. Science\'s Social System of Validity-Enhancing Collective Belief Change and the Problems of the Social Sciences - Donald T. Campbell
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Notes
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References
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6. Correspondence versus Autonomy in the Language of Understanding Human Action - Kenneth J. Gergen
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References
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7. Divergent Rationalities - Richard A. Shweder
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Notes
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References
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8. Explanation in the Social Sciences and in Life Situations - Paul F. Secord
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References
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9. Some Uses and Misuses of the Social Sciences in Medicine - Arthur Kleinman
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Notes
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References
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10. Social Measurement as the Creation of Expert Systems - Aaron V. Cicourel
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References
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11. The Forms and Functions of Social Knowledge - Donald N. Levine
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References
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12. Nonlinear Behavior - Frank M. Richter
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References
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13. Heuristics and the Study of Human Behavior - William C. Wimsatt
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References
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14. What Social Scientists Don\'t Understand - P. E. Meehl
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References
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15. Philosophy of Science and the Potentials for Knowledge in the Social Sciences - Alexander Rosenberg
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References
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16. Similarity and Collaboration within the Sciences - Philip S. Holzman
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17. Two Extremes on the Social Sciences Commitment Continuum - Barbara Frankel
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References
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18. Pluralisms and Subjectivities - Donald W. Fiske and Richard A. Shweder
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References
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Bibliography
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Author Index
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Subject Index
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