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1961 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
James P. Scanlan
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Social Science ◽  
University Of California ◽  
Free Press ◽  
Philosophy Of Social Science ◽  
Political Ideas ◽  
American Science ◽  
The Social ◽  
University Of Notre Dame

scholarly journals A Dialogue on Social Inquiry: Expanding Our Understanding of Sociological Thinking

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Rebat Kumar Dhakal
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Social Transformation ◽  
Social World ◽  
Sociological Perspective ◽  
Philosophy Of Social Science ◽  
Social Sciences And Humanities ◽  
The Core ◽  
Social Inquiry ◽  
The Social

Highlights Social inquiry is much more than the study of society. It further excavates historical facts, critically reflects on everyday happenings, and envisions the future we wish to create. The intent of initiating this dialogue on social inquiry is two-fold: a) to offer a sociological perspective (i.e. ‘thinking sociologically’), and b) to expand our understanding of sociological thinking. Sociological thinking can be developed by examining the periphery of the core. Context matters in understanding any phenomenon under the sociological microscope. Sociological thinking allows many different viewpoints to coexist within a larger structure and that it respects pluralism. Sociological thinking is about developing or providing a perspective to examine social nuances. Sociological thinking should act as a means for social transformation.  Social inquiry serves as a methodology for the social sciences and humanities. It deals with the philosophy of social science and the workings of the social world – giving a way for understanding both the biosphere and the sociosphere.

scholarly journals Conditions of critique and the non-irreversibility of politics

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 122-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hartmut Behr
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Driving Force ◽  
Democratic Politics ◽  
Policy Framework ◽  
Herbert Marcuse ◽  
Political Ideas ◽  
Political Ideologies ◽  
The Social ◽  
Eric Voegelin

Critique is a driving force not only for the development of political ideas and concepts but also for protecting humane and democratic politics against the perils of epistemic and political ideologies. Yet, while there is much debate about the question of ‘ What is critique?’ the conditions of critique appear largely under-reflected in International Politics and the Social Sciences more generally. This article goes beyond the question of what critique in politics and social science might consist of and holds that critique is not an end in itself, but rather requires a yardstick to discuss and judge its generative conditions, that is, its foundation, legitimization and direction that it must pertain to be meaningful. The following article will explore the oeuvres of twentieth-century political and social theorists Hans J. Morgenthau, Herbert Marcuse and Eric Voegelin and argues that the three principles of ‘perspectivity’, ‘negation’ and ‘noesis’ that can be concluded from their work provide such generative conditions of critique, practically leading to a novel policy framework of the non-irreversibility of politics.

Theory and observation in social sciences

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Outhwaite
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Social Psychology ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Social Anthropology ◽  
Philosophy Of Social Science ◽  
Self Reflection ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Individual

The concept of observation has received relatively little systematic attention in the social sciences, with the important exceptions of social psychology, social anthropology and some areas of sociological methodology such as ‘participant observation’. In a broader sense, however, concern with the relation between theory and ‘reality’, ‘data’, ‘empirical research’ and so on, has been a pervasive theme in the philosophy of social science and in the methodological self-reflection of the individual social sciences.

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