Historical Understanding and Ethics in Social Science

1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-86778-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

Buch, Englisch, 220 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 490 g

Reihe: Philosophy and Method in the Social Sciences

Can social scientific description capture the historically individual? Is the idea of an ethically committed social science morally defensible? This book offers a critical, historically-grounded perspective on these perennial methodological and ethical problems, in their current forms. It provides a series of in-depth examinations of recent work by prominent authors in sociology and philosophy. The book draws on the thought of Peter Winch to provide a coherent response to the core issues that underlie past and present debate in social science and to provide a solid basis for future inquiry. It will be of particular interest to social scientists, philosophers, and historians, and to anyone seeking a clear grasp of the demands made by historical understanding and ethics on the study of society.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tsilipakos, Leonidas

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie: Allgemeines, Methoden
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Gesellschaftstheorie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Hermeneutik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Erkenntnistheorie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Empirische Sozialforschung, Statistik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

PART I: HISTORICAL UNDERSTANDING

1. Descriptive accuracy in history: The case of narrative explanations

2. Pareto decomposition and the holism of internal relations

3. Historicism and formal theory in cultural sociology: Two ways with the King’s second body

PART II: ETHICS

4. The idea of an ethically committed social science

5. Social criticism, moral reasoning and the literary form

6. Normative sociology and phronetic social science in the light of practical reason

Conclusion