Explaining large-scale historical change
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The author argues that the study of large-scale processes and outcomes should not be neglected, despite the trend in historiography toward narrative interpretation of singular historical processes. Examples of the new form of meso-history are provided.
Publication Name: Philosophy of the Social Sciences
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0048-3931
Year: 2000
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Formal rationality and its pernicious effects on the social sciences
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The author contends that the use of the notion of legitimate inference in social science is misguided and weakens research results. The influence of formal rationality in both the practice and content of social science is analyzed.
Publication Name: Philosophy of the Social Sciences
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0048-3931
Year: 2000
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Thematizing embeddedness: reflexive sociology as interpretation
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The author analyzes reflexive sociology and the sociological interpretation of human actions. Topics include context-sensitive action and methodological reflexivity.
Publication Name: Philosophy of the Social Sciences
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0048-3931
Year: 2000
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