Narrative Knowing and the Human Sciences by Donald E Polkinghorne

Narrative Knowing and the Human Sciences by Donald E Polkinghorne

This book expands the concept of the nature of science and provides a practical research alternative for those who work with people and organizations. Using literary criticism, philosophy, and history, as well as recent developments in the cognitive and social sciences, Narrative Knowing and the Human Sciences shows how to use research information organized by the narrative form-such information as clinical life histories, organizational case studies, biographic material, corporate cultural designs, and literary products. The relationship between the narrative format and classical and statistical and experimental designs is clarified and made explicit. Suggestions for doing research are given as well as criteria for judging the accuracy and quality of narrative research results.

Donald E. Polkinghorne is Emeritus Professor and Chair of Counseling Psychology at the Rossier School of Education at the University of Southern California. He is the author of Methodology for the Human Sciences: Systems of Inquiry and Practice and the Human Sciences: The Case for a Judgment-Based Practice of Care, both also published by SUNY Press.

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ISBN 13	9780887066238
ISBN 10	0887066232
Title	Narrative Knowing and the Human Sciences
Author	Donald E Polkinghorne
Series	Suny Series In The Philosophy Of The Social Sciences
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	State University of New York Press
Year published	1988-04-07
Number of pages	246
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