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Positivism Question1 #133321 Positivism = philosophical theory of social scientific method

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Themes & Theories in International Relations »Themes & Theories in International RelationsThemes & Theories in International Relations☜☜F1CEB7

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1. Theory & theorising »1. Theory & theorising1. Theory & theorising☜☜FFB597

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D. Philosophy of knowledge »D. Philosophy of knowledgeD. Philosophy of knowledge☜☜FFB597

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PositivismPositivism☜Positivism = philosophical theory of social scientific method☜FFB597

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Empirical realism »Empirical realismEmpirical realism☜There exists an independent external reality, both natural and social, that is essentially observable, measurable and describable = defined in sociology as realism (not to be confused with the theory of political realism in IR theory). ☜FFB597

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Foundationalism »FoundationalismFoundationalism☜There exists an independent and objective foundation for judging between rival theories and their associated statements about what is true and what is not.☜FFB597

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Naturalism »NaturalismNaturalism☜Assumptions &methods used to study natural sciences can be transferred to study of social world = unproblematically employ quantitative and objective observation of the world to discover empirical regularities and universal causal laws to describe and explain behaviour. ☜FFB597

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Separation of facts and values »Separation of facts and valuesSeparation of facts and values☜Scientific knowledge = value-free because the way it is generated and defined means that it is unaffected by the value commitments of social scientists. Such knowledge constitutes facts. Facts = embodiment of authoritative scientific knowledge, empirically verifiable & no bias or prejudice.☜FFB597

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Separation of object and subject »Separation of object and subjectSeparation of object and subject☜There is considered to be a strict separation between observations and theories and subject and object such that no matter what theoretical concepts are held by the researcher, observations will be theoretically neutral.☜FFB597

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Truth by correspondence »Truth by correspondenceTruth by correspondence☜Given the existence of an independent reality and the capacity for objective observation and measurement, knowledge generated by such observation is intrinsically truthful since it corresponds directly to the observable, external world.☜FFB597

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Universalism »UniversalismUniversalism☜Universal scientific laws can be discovered for the social world based on discovering a consistent relationship between regularities observed over a time and space☜FFB597

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D. Philosophy of knowledge »D. Philosophy of knowledgeD. Philosophy of knowledge☜☜FFFACD

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Date d'entrée (GMT): 1/6/2012 2:57:00 PM
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