Social inquiry after Wittgenstein & Kuhn : leaving everything as it is /

Social inquiry after Wittgenstein & Kuhn : leaving everything as it is /

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Author / Creator:	Gunnell, John G., author.
Imprint:	New York : Columbia University Press, [2014]
Description:	1 online resource (xvii, 256 pages .)
Language:	English
Series:	EBL-Schweitzer
Subject:	Wittgenstein, Ludwig, -- 1889-1951. Kuhn, Thomas S. Kuhn, Thomas S. Wittgenstein, Ludwig, -- 1889-1951 Social sciences -- Philosophy. Social sciences -- Philosophy. Electronic book.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11238214

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Varying Form of Title:	Social inquiry after Wittgenstein and Kuhn
ISBN:	0231538340 9780231538343 9780231169400 023116940X
Digital file characteristics:	text file PDF
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. In English. Print version record.
Summary:	John G. Gunnell argues that a distinctive feature of Ludwig Wittgenstein's work after 1930 was his turn to a conception of philosophy as a form of social inquiry and that Thomas Kuhn's approach to the philosophy of science exemplified this conception. He further contends that their work addresses foundational issues in the social and human sciences and particularly the vision of social inquiry as an interpretive endeavor, as well as the distinctive cognitive and practical relationship between social inquiry and its subject matter. Gunnell speaks directly to philosophers and practitioners of t.
Other form:	Print version: Gunnell, John G. Social inquiry after Wittgenstein & Kuhn. 9780231169400 023116940X
Standard no.:	10.7312/gunn16940

Table of Contents:

Table of Contents; Preface; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Thomas Kuhn and the Shadow of Wittgenstein; 2. Wittgenstein and Social Theory; 3. Mind, Meaning, and Interpretation; 4. Investigating the Investigations; 5. Conventional Objects, Concepts, and the Practice of Interpretation; 6. Interpreting Science: Kuhn as a Social Theorist; 7. Wittgenstein on the Moon: Certainty, Truth, and Value; References; Index.