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Patterns of Discovery in the Social Sciences.
Abstract
Social scientists are often vexed because their work does not satisfy the criteria of scientific methodology developed by philosophers of science and logicians who use the natural sciences as their model. In this study, Paul Diesing defines science not by reference to these arbitrary norms delineated by those outside the field but in terms of norms implicit in what social scientists actually do in their everyday work.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Crane, D., & Diesing, P.
- Venue
- Contemporary Sociology
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 1973-01
- Volume
- 2
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 42
- ISSN
- 0094-3061 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2059525184
- Cited by
- 310
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 37.49
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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