Narrative knowing and the human sciences /

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Author / Creator:Polkinghorne, Donald, 1936-
Imprint:Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1988.
Description:1 online resource (xi, 232 pages)
Language:English
Series:SUNY series in philosophy of the social sciences
SUNY series in philosophy of the social sciences.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11103195
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ISBN:0585057737
9780585057736
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-228) and index.
English.
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Summary:This book expands the concept of the nature of science and provides a practical research alternative for those who work with people and organizations. Using literary criticism, philosophy, and history, as well as recent developments in the cognitive and social sciences, Narrative Knowing and the Human Sciences shows how to use research information organized by the narrative form--such information as clinical life histories, organizational case studies, biographic material, corporate cultural designs, and literary products. The relationship between the narrative format and classical and statistical and experimental designs is clarified and made explicit. Suggestions for doing research are given as well as criteria for judging the accuracy and quality of narrative research results.
Other form:Print version: Polkinghorne, Donald, 1936- Narrative knowing and the human sciences. Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1988 0887066224