Felix Kaufmann's Theory and Method in the Social Sciences by Robert S Cohen
This volume contains the English translation of Felix Kaufmann's (1895-1945) main work Methodenlehre der Sozialwissenschaften (1936). In this book, Kaufmann develops a general theory of knowledge of the social sciences in his role as a cross-border commuter between Husserl's phenomenology, Kelsen's pure theory of law and the logical positivism of the Vienna Circle. This multilayered inquiry connects the value-oriented reflections of a general philosophy of science with the specificity of the methods and theories of the social sciences, as opposed to abstract natural science and psychology. The core focus of the study is the attempt to elucidate how and under what conditions scientific knowledge about social facts, empirically justified and theoretically embedded, can be obtained. The empirical basis of knowledge within the social sciences forms a phenomenological concept of experience. According to Kaufmann, this concept of experience exhibits a complex structure. Within the meaning-interpretation of human action as the core of knowledge in the social sciences, this structure reaches out across the isolated act of verification toward the synthesis of external and internal experiences. The book opens with a detailed and useful introduction by Ingeborg K. Helling, which introduces the historical and theoretical background of Kaufmann's study and specifically illuminates his relation to Alfred Sch tz and John Dewey. Finally, it contains interviews with and letters to members of his family, colleagues and students.-
Names, Natures and Things
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Between Leibniz, Newton, and Kant
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Mathematics as a Tool
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Normative Texts and Occupational Practices
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Thomas Kuhn's Philosophical Perspective
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Philosophy and Conceptual History of Science in Taiwan
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Understanding Quantum Raffles
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Scientific Enterprise
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The Invention of Physical Science
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Estonian Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science
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Science, Mind and Art
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Ernst Mach - A Deeper Look
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Objects, Structures, and Logics
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Characterizing the Robustness of Science
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The Structural Links between Ecology, Evolution and Ethics
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Integrating History and Philosophy of Science
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The Place of Probability in Science
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Artifacts, Representations and Social Practice
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Rediscovering the Forgotten Vienna Circle
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No Truth Except in the Details
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Zygmunt Zawirski
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Physical Systems
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Interpreting Physics
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Probability and Inference in the Law of Evidence
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The Logic of Categories
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Looking at it from Asia: the Processes that Shaped the Sources of History of Science
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Niels Bohr's Complementarity
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Doing Integrated History and Philosophy of Science: A Case Study of the Origin of Genetics
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Galileo Engineer
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| ISBN 13 | 9783319028446 |
| ISBN 10 | 3319028448 |
| Title | Felix Kaufmann's Theory and Method in the Social Sciences |
| Author | Robert S Cohen |
| Series | Boston Studies In The Philosophy And History Of Science |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Springer International Publishing AG |
| Year published | 2014-06-03 |
| Number of pages | 357 |
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