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1 online resource : text file, PDF |
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Philosophy and method in the social sciences |
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Philosophy and method in the social sciences.
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| Contents |
The Constitution of Social Practices- Front Cover -- The Constitution of Social Practices -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of figures -- Introduction -- 1 A â#x80;#x9C;culturalâ#x80;#x9D; approach to social science -- 2 Practice theory today -- 3 Core ontological commitments -- 4 Sketch of the argument -- 5 Of philosophy and social science -- Chapter 1: What are practices? -- 1 Actions under a description -- 2 Looping effects -- 3 Historical constitution -- Chapter 2: Knowledge -- 1 Knowledgeable practices |
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2 Conceptualising knowledgeChapter 3: Retroactive redescription -- 1 The validity of retroactive redescription -- 2 The effects of retroactive redescription -- 3 Functional concepts and typological classification -- 4 What is at stake? -- Chapter 4: Identification and context -- 1 Identifying practices â#x80;#x9C;in all their specificityâ#x80;#x9D; -- 2 Relations and relational properties -- 3 Criteria of identification -- Chapter 5: Specificity and generalisation -- 1 Functions -- 2 Implications for generalisation, explanation and description -- 3 Patchwork holism |
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Chapter 6: Possibility and capacities1 Possibility -- 2 Capacities -- Chapter 7: Constitutive relations and constitutive theory -- 1 Constitutive theory -- 2 Constitutive relations -- 3 Stability and change -- Conclusion -- 1 Culture and action in the social sciences -- 2 Some benefits of studying practices -- Works cited |
| Summary |
"Practices -- specific, recurrent types of human action and activity -- are perhaps the most fundamental "building blocks" of social reality.??This book argues that the detailed empirical study of practices is essential to effective social-scientific inquiry. It develops a philosophical infrastructure for understanding human practices, and argues that practice theory should be the analytical centrepiece of social theory and the philosophy of the social sciences.?What would social scientists' research look like if they took these insights seriously? To answer this question, the book offers an analytical framework to guide empirical research on practices in different times and places.?The author explores how practices can be identified, characterised and explained, how they function in concrete contexts and how they might change over time and space.??The Constitution of Social Practices lies at the intersection of philosophy, social theory, cultural theory and the social sciences. It is essential reading for scholars in social theory and the philosophy of social science as well as the broad range of researchers and students across the social sciences and humanities whose work stands to benefit from serious consideration of practices."--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Social sciences -- Philosophy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Reference.
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Social sciences -- Philosophy
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781315179902 |
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1315179903 |
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9781351717748 |
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135171774X |
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9781351717724 |
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1351717723 |
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