LEADER 05389nam 22008294a 450 001 9910170977503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-134-50606-6 010 $a1-134-50607-4 010 $a0-203-11670-4 010 $a1-280-18203-2 010 $a0-203-16394-X 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203116708 035 $a(CKB)1000000000253133 035 $a(EBL)171059 035 $a(OCoLC)252708540 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001148496 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12508515 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001148496 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11144265 035 $a(PQKB)10624420 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000307752 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11226659 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000307752 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10243943 035 $a(PQKB)11248317 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC171059 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL171059 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10099441 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL18203 035 $a(OCoLC)52987515 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000253133 100 $a20020521d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRealism and sociology $eanti-foundationalism, ontology, and social research /$fJustin Cruickshank 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cRoutledge$d2003 215 $a1 online resource (183 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge studies in critical realism ;$v5 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-43685-0 311 $a0-415-26190-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [161]-168) and index. 327 $aCover; Realism and Sociology; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 The philosophical logic of immediacy: the epistemic fallacy and the genetic fallacy; Introduction; Popper and the critique of positivism; Popper on post-Kantian epistemology, falsifiability and metaphysical realism; Popper, the epistemic fallacy and the genetic fallacy; Putnam's critique of metaphysical realism; Internal realism: conceptual relativity and realism; Searle on external realism and conceptual relativity; Putnam and the philosophical logic of immediacy 327 $a2 The influence of empiricism on social ontology: methodological individualism and methodological collectivismIntroduction; Anticipating the sociological logic of immediacy; Methodological individualism defined; Assessing methodological individualism: the need for a non-individualist ontology; Methodological collectivism: overcoming the problems?; 3 Post-Wittgensteinian pragmatism: Rorty, anti-representationalism and politics; Introduction; Realism and representation; Anti-representationalism and the philosophical logic of immediacy; Liberalism and ethnocentrism; Nietzschean liberalism 327 $aPoetry contra politicsPragmatism and female being; From postmodernism to positivistic-conservatism; 4 Post-Wittgensteinian sociology: Giddens' ontology of practices; Introduction; The importance of ontology; Rule-following practices; The ontological status of structures; Problems with rules; Problems with linking the micro and the macro levels; What is the purpose of structuration theory? Or, what is the link between ontology and methodology?; 5 Social realism: overcoming the sociological logic of immediacy; Introduction 327 $aBhaskar on the philosophy of science: from empirical realism to transcendental realismTranscendental realist naturalism: Bhaskar's social ontology; Developing the ontology; Challenges to social realism; Rejoinder to the challenges; 6 Social realism and the study of chronic unemployment; Introduction; Defining the underclass; Studying the chronically unemployed as members of the working class; Doing 'fiddly jobs': an ethnographic understanding of coping strategies to deal with structural unemployment; The role of gender; The underclass and the sociological logic of immediacy 327 $aRealism as an underlabourerNotes for the construction of a domain-specific meta-theory for researching the chronically unemployed in Britain; Notes; Bibliography; Index 330 $aIn recent years, methodological debates in the social sciences have increasingly focused on issues relating to epistemology. Realism and Sociology makes an original contribution to the debate, charting a middle ground between postmodernism and positivism.Critics often hold that realism tries to assume some definitive account of reality. Against this it is argued throughout the book that realism can combine a strong definition of social reality with an anti-foundational approach to knowledge. The position of realist anti-foundationalism that is argued for is developed and defended 410 0$aRoutledge studies in critical realism ;$v5. 606 $aSociology$xMethodology 606 $aSociology$xPhilosophy 606 $aRealism 606 $aOntology 615 0$aSociology$xMethodology. 615 0$aSociology$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aRealism. 615 0$aOntology. 676 $a301/.01 686 $a71.02$2bcl 700 $aCruickshank$b Justin$f1969-$01681106 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910170977503321 996 $aRealism and sociology$94188275 997 $aUNINA