| Edition |
Second edition. |
| Description |
xxvii, 260 pages : 24 cm |
| Contents |
In the Context of a Rooted Tradition. Tradition in Transition. The Developing Dialogue. The Rise of Social Constructionism. References -- 1. Traditional Science in a World of Change. Assumptive Bases in the Sociobehavioral Sciences. The Threat of Instability. Decomposing Patterned Behavior. Fundamental Assumptions Revisited: The Hypothesis Test. The Retrenchment of Traditional Science -- 2. The Communal Basis of Social Knowledge. A Dilemma Solved and a Crisis Created. Science and the Dilemma of Identification. Descriptive Language: From Neurons to Nurturance. The Revitalization of Theory. The Significance of Empirical Research -- 3. Generative Theory and Degenerative Metatheory. The Impact on Theory of Logical Empiricist Metatheory. Methodological Selection and Theoretical Constraint: The Controlled Experiment. Metatheoretical Constraints on Generative Theory. The Development of Generative Theory -- 4. The Turning Point in Life-Span Study. From the Stable to the Aleatory in Developmental Trajectory -- The Emergence of Autonomous Self-Direction. The Functional Utility of Life-Span Theory -- 5. The Historical Context of Transformation. The Pivotal Conflict: Exogenic versus Endogenic World Views. The Struggle toward a New Science. Metatheoretical Bases for a Unified Alternative. Toward a Sociorationalism. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Subject |
Social psychology -- Philosophy.
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Knowledge, Theory of.
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Knowledge, Sociology of.
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| Indexed Term |
Knowledge Sociology |
| ISBN |
0803989717 |
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0803989725 paperback |
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