The unended quest for legitimacy in science
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Legitimation remains an open question even if no scientist complains and the host society remains appeased. The enactment of affirmative action legislation to widen the access of women and minorities to academic institutions is regarded as the best example of a "legitimation crisis".
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Philosophy of the Social Sciences
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0048-3931
Year: 2003
Affirmative Action, Social science research, Knowledge, Theory of, Epistemology, Dialectic
Publication Name: Philosophy of the Social Sciences
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0048-3931
Year: 2003
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Explanatory exclusion in history and social science
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Judgments of explanatory exclusion are essential to any historian or social scientist, especially in assessing incompatible explanations. Thus, an ontic theory of explanation is necessary to make sense of this type of exclusion.
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Philosophy of the Social Sciences
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0048-3931
Year: 2004
Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities, Philosophy, Explanation
Publication Name: Philosophy of the Social Sciences
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0048-3931
Year: 2004
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