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Mapping Reality : An Evolutionary Realist Methodology for the Natural and Social Sciences SUNY Series in the Philosophy of the Social Sciences
author
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Azevedo, Jane.
publisher
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State University of New York Press
isbn10 | asin
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0791432084
print isbn13
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9780791432082
ebook isbn13
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9780585087269
language
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English
subject
Sociology--Philosophy, Knowledge, Theory of.
publication date
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1997
lcc
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HM24.A94 1997eb
ddc
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301/.01
subject
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Sociology--Philosophy, Knowledge, Theory of.
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Mapping Reality
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SUNY Series in the Philosophy of the Social Sciences Lenore Langsdorf, Editor
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Mapping Reality
An Evolutionary Realist Methodology for the Natural and Social Sciences
Jane Azevedo
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK PRESS
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Cover map is Commonwealth Copyright, AUSLIG, Australia's National Mapping Agency. It has been reproduced with the permission of the General Manager, Australian Surveying and Land Information Group, Department of Administrative Services, Canberra, ACT.
Cover design is by Vince Potenza.
Published by State University of New York Press, Albany
1997 State University of New York
All rights reserved
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Azevedo, Jane, 1949 Mapping reality : an evolutionary realist methodology for the natural social sciences / Jane Azevedo. p. cm. (SUNY series in the philosophy of the social sciences) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-7914-3207-6 (hb : alk. paper). ISBN 0-7914-3208-4 (pb : alk. paper) 1. SociologyPhilosophy. 2. Knowledge, Theory of. I. Title. II. Series. HM24.A94 1997 301.01dc2096-2367 CIP
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
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In memory of Denis Butler
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CONTENTS
List of Figures
ix
Acknowledgments
xixii
Introduction
xiiixviii
I. The Problems
1
1. Sociology Today
3
1.1 The Diversity of Sociological Method
3
1.2 The Patterns of Diversity
4
1.3. The Problems of Diversity
32
2. Issues in the Metatheory of Sociology
39
2.1 Can Sociology Be Scientific?
39
2.2 The Status of the Social Sciences vis-a-vis the Natural Sciences: Naturalism versus Humanism
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