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Critical resistance to traditional empirical methods and the quest for foundational knowledge of human action is widespread. Recognition of theoretical and methodological inadequacies has sparked a search for a more robust conception of human science.
In Toward Transformation in Social Knowledge, Kenneth J. Gergen develops the argument for human science as social construction. Demonstrating that descriptions of human action can neither be derived from nor corrected by scientific observation, Gergen provides a bold interdisciplinary challenge to traditional views, thus clearing the way for significant alterations in scientific practice.
In the Preface to the second edition, Gergen describes the significant movements taking place since the first edition was published over a decade ago. This fascinating and carefully reasoned book remains essential reading for psychologists, sociologists, philosophers of the social sciences and others seeking a fresh understanding of our concept of social knowledge.
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Toward transformation in social knowledge
1994, Sage Publications
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