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(1997) Human Studies 20 (4).
Explanation and understanding revisited
Bohman and the new philosophy of social science
David Ingram
pp. 413-428
James Bohman has succeeded in reinvigorating the old debate over explanation and understanding by situating it within contemporary discussions about sociological indeterminacy and complexity. I argue that Bohman's preference for a paradigm based on Habermas's theory of communicative action is justifiable given the explanatory deficiencies of ethnomethodological, rational choice, rule-based, and functionalist methodologies. Yet I do not share his belief that the paradigm is preferable to less formalized models of interpretation.
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Ingram, D. (1997). Explanation and understanding revisited: Bohman and the new philosophy of social science. Human Studies 20 (4), pp. 413-428.
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