Practical rationality in social scientific explanation: the case of residential segregation
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The fact that public attitudes towards race integration are positive is not a deterrent for residential segregation according to race, to remain fairly entrenched in parts of the U.S, which is a result of conflict between modes of practical rationality, and embedded thoughts. As many whites live in segregated conditions, they develop contextual reasons for preserving that way of life, even if such reasons fly in the face of their sense of justice.
Publication Name: Philosophy of the Social Sciences
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0048-3931
Year: 2004
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Sociological not political: Rawls and the reconstructive social sciences
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Rawls's Original Position (OP) is discussed as a rational reconstruction of common sense in democratic practices, an approach which resolves the problem of circularity but raises the issue of contextual relativism. Topics include the empirical basis of the OP, rational reconstruction as method, problems with Rawlsian reconstruction, and the problem of contextualism.
Publication Name: Philosophy of the Social Sciences
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0048-3931
Year: 2001
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Complexity theories, social theory, and the question of social complexity
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The application of complexity theories to social processes is discussed. Topics include the nature of complexity, the horizons of social complexity theory, dissipative models rooted in the social sciences, and the positioning of social complexity.
Publication Name: Philosophy of the Social Sciences
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0048-3931
Year: 2001
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