Interpretivism and Causal Explanations A Case from Educational Research
PHILOSOPHY OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES(2015)
摘要
This article criticizes a view about the interpretation of human action, labeled in the text as interpretivism. This view posits a sharp separation between the natural and social sciences, to the effect that the methods of the latter cannot be applied to the former. I criticize this standpoint by reconstructing a case of educational research. As I argue, the case I analyze indicates that the arguments in support of interpretivism are contradicted by what social researchers can actually achieve. I conclude that the interpretivistic claims lack support and that the general separation claim appears as problematic.
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interpretivism,causal explanation,action explanation,social norms
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