Description
| Product ID: | 9781032404783 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Classical and Contemporary Social Theory |
| Title: | Perspectivism |
| Subtitle: | A Contribution to the Philosophy of the Social Sciences |
| Authors: | Author: Kenneth Smith |
| Page Count: | 308 |
| Subjects: | Research methods: general, Research methods: general, Philosophy, Society and culture: general, Social theory, Philosophy, Society & culture: general, Social theory |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Perspectivism: A Contribution to the Philosophy of the Social Sciences advances the philosophy of perspectivism, showing how its capacity to assess competing views of a particular concept by approaching them as different ‘sides’ of a multi-dimensional object supports a concept of ‘adequate’ rather than ‘absolute’ truth. Perspectivism: A Contribution to the Philosophy of the Social Sciences advances the philosophy of perspectivism, showing how its capacity to assess competing views of a particular concept by approaching them as different ‘sides’ of a multi-dimensional object supports a concept of ‘adequate’ rather than ‘absolute’ truth. Presenting four case studies – of the social scientific concepts of power, equality, crime, and sex and gender – Smith demonstrates the manner in which the perspectivist approach does not take all differing views of a concept to be equally good, but views all perspectives taken together as contributing towards the best that we can know about any given concept at the present time. An exposition and analysis of the means by which perspectivism allows for truth and objectivity in the social sciences, this volume will appeal to scholars of philosophy and across the social sciences with interests in questions of epistemology and research methodology. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-12-30 |
