ویتگنشتاین در میان علوم: تحقیقات ویتگنشتاینی درباره 'روش علمی' (فلسفه و روش در علوم اجتماعی)

Engaging with the question of the extent to which the so-called human, economic or social sciences are actually sciences, this book moves away from the search for a criterion or definition that will allow us to sharply distinguish the scientific from the non-scientific. Instead, the book favours the pursuit of clarity with regard to the various enterprises undertaken by human beings, with a view to dissolving the felt need for such a demarcation. In other words, Read pursues a 'therapeutic' approach to the issue of the status and nature of these subjects. Discussing the work of Kuhn, Winch and Wittgenstein in relation to fundamental question of methodology, "Wittgenstein among the Sciences" undertakes an examination of the nature of (natural) science itself, in the light of which a series of successive cases of putatively scientific disciplines are analysed. A novel and significant contribution to social science methodology and the philosophy of science and 'the human sciences', this book will be of interest to social scientists and philosophers, as well as to psychiatrists, economists and cognitive scientists. Acknowledgments Preface Editor's introduction Wittgenstein, Kuhn, and natural science : science : a perspicuous presentation Kuhn : the Wittgenstein of the sciences? Kuhn on incommensurability : inhabiting the standard reading Wittgenstein on incommensurability : the view from "inside" Values : another kind of incommensurability? Does Kuhn have a model of science? Inter-section : a schematic elicitation of Wittgensteinian criteria Wittgenstein, Winch, and "human science" : social science The ghost of Winch's ghost Psychiatry The hard case of (severe cases of) schizophrenia Extreme aversive emotions Economics Wittgenstein contra Friedman Cognitive science "Dissolving" the hard problem of consciousness back into ordinary life Conclusions Concluding summary Interview with Rupert Read (conducted by the editor) Bibliography Index. Discussing The Work Of Kuhn, Winch And Wittgenstein In Relation To Fundamental Question Of Methodology, 'wittgenstein Among The Sciences' Undertakes An Examination Of The Nature Of (natural) Science Itself, In The Light Of Which A Series Of Successive Cases Of Putatively Scientific Disciplines Are Analysed. A Novel And Significant Contribution To Social Science Methodology And The Philosophy Of Science And 'the Human Sciences', This Book Is Of Interest To Social Scientists And Philosophers, As Well As To Psychiatrists, Economists And Cognitive Scientists. Discussing the work of Kuhn, Winch and Wittgenstein in relation to fundamental question of methodology, this title undertakes an examination of the nature of (natural) science itself, in the light of which a series of successive cases of putatively scientific disciplines are analysed.