The Methodologies of Positivism and Marxism : A Sociological Debate
Overview
Positivism as a theory of science - Comte, Popper, summary; positivism in sociology - the definition of sociological knowledge, the logic of sociological investigation, methods of observation, the practical utility of sociological knowledge, summary; Marxist realism as a theory of science - Keats argument, summary; Marxist realism in sociology - the definition of sociological knowledge, the logic of scientific investigation, methods of investigation, the practical utility of sociological knowledge; Marxist non-realism as a theory of science - Habermas' arguments, summary; Marxist non-realism in sociology - the definition of sociological knowledge, the logic of scientific discovery, a non-realist view of "methods" in sociology, the practical utility of sociological theorizing, summary; summary of the debate.
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- ISBN-13: 9781349121335
- ISBN-10: 1349121339
- Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
- Publish Date: January 1991
- Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.63 pounds
- Page Count: 208
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