Philosophical basis of objectivity and relativism /
Objectivity is a frequently discussed and hotly debated topic in the social sciences. It is something that raises both philosophical questions and methodological issues. From a philosophical point of view, the crucial question is whether the search for knowledge and understanding of the social world...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
SAGE Publications Ltd.,
2020.
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| Series: | Philosophical principles.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Objectivity is a frequently discussed and hotly debated topic in the social sciences. It is something that raises both philosophical questions and methodological issues. From a philosophical point of view, the crucial question is whether the search for knowledge and understanding of the social world can produce a "true" account of the world or can only ever produce knowledge that is subjective and partial. That is, can we achieve objective knowledge or simply relativistic accounts from our own standpoint? The conventional view in all the sciences has been that it is only by securing objective knowledge that we can be guaranteed that it is true and that we can therefore avoid the claims of critics that we are biased in our viewpoint and are merely ... |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| ISBN: | 9781529746259 1529746256 9781526421036 1526421038 |