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monografia Rebiun27133518 https://catalogo.rebiun.org/rebiun/record/Rebiun27133518 m o d cr un|---aucuu 191221s2020 sz o 000 0 eng d 1134405310 9783030330996 electronic bk.) 3030330990 electronic bk.) 9783030330989 print) 3030330982 AU@ 000066461966 AU@ 000066785091 EBLCP eng pn EBLCP GW5XE YDX OCLCF N$T OCLCQ 300.1 23 Social Philosophy of Science for the Social Sciences Jaan Valsiner, editor Cham Springer 2020 Cham Cham Springer 1 online resource (299 pages) 1 online resource (299 pages) Text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Theory and History in the Human and Social Sciences Ser Statistical Explanation Intro -- Contents -- Contributors -- Chapter 1: General Introduction: Social Sciences Between Knowledge and Ideologies -- Need for Philosophy -- Society's Suicide: Reliance on Opinions -- Social Philosophy of Science: Beyond Paradigms to Sociodigms and Metadigms -- What Is Social Philosophy of Science? -- The Origins and Overview of the Present Volume -- References -- Part I: Social and Cognitive Roots for Reflexivity upon the Research Process -- Chapter 2: Social Sciences, What for? On the Manifold Directions of Social Research -- Return on Investment Versus Intrinsic Value Citizen Versus Academic Relevance -- Applied Versus Basic Social Research -- A Common Framework -- Concluding Remarks: Finding Common Ground -- References -- Chapter 3: Vitenskapsteori: What, Why, and How? -- The Special Case of Norway -- What Is Vitenskapsteori? -- Why Vitenskapsteori? -- How to Master Vitenskapsteori -- Vitenskapsteori as a Battle Field -- Vitenskapsteori as a Modern Project in a Small Country: Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 4: Culture or Biology? If This Sounds Interesting, You Might Be Confused -- Introduction -- What Are "Biological Differences"? Men on Steroids: An Example -- What Is a "Biological Difference"? -- Psychological Essentialism and How It Thinks of "Biological Differences" -- Psychological Essentialism -- Interpreting Biology as Concerned with Essences -- Explaining the Controversy -- Psychological Essentialism Deeply Distorts Biology -- There Are No Internal Biological Essences -- Heritability Does Not Imply Genetic Causation -- Genetic Causation Does Not Preclude Environmental Causation -- Hormone Levels Change and Hard-Wired Brains May Be Flexible -- Conclusion -- Bibliography Chapter 5: Conditional Objectivism: A Strategy for Connecting the Social Sciences and Practical Decision-Making -- How to Derive Practical Recommendations from Empirical Evidence -- Protected Values -- Consequentialist Test of Utilitarian Value -- Plurality of Values -- Conditional Objectivism -- The Principles of Conditional Objectivism -- Why Conditional Objectivism and Similar Approaches Are Needed -- Open Problems -- The Problem of Motivated Testing -- The Problem of Underspecification in Data Interpretation -- The Problem of Including and Weighting Values -- The Problem of Side Effects The Problem of Intuitive Judgments -- The Problem of Relativism -- Summary and Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6: Towards Reflexivity in the Sciences: Anthropological Reflections on Science and Society -- Between Impact and "Grimpact": Practical Recommendations to Avoidance of Harm -- Sciences, "Societies," and Points of View -- Towards a Non-dualistic Perspective in Sciences -- Manifold and Uneven Paths Towards Reflexivity -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Part II: Philosophies of Explanation in the Social Sciences -- Chapter 7: Explanation: Guidance for Social Scientists Social sciences- Philosophy Social sciences- Philosophy Electronic books Valsiner, Jaan Print version Valsiner, Jaan. Social Philosophy of Science for the Social Sciences. Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2020 9783030330989 Theory and history in the human and social sciences