Readout and Study on the Position of Empirical Survey in Social Sciences; Based on Roy Bhaskar’s Ideas

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Foroozande, Marzieh | 2012

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Type of Document: M.Sc. Thesis
Language: Farsi
Document No: 42529 (42)
University: Sharif University of Technology
Department: Philosophy of Science
Advisor(s): Afrough, Emad
Abstract:
Methodology has always one of important issues in philosophy of science; especially in social sciences lots of challenges arise from this field. Each of positivistic and relativistic different schools, on their own ontology about human and society, had suggested different methods of social studies. Roy Bhaskar, as the others, offers a model for scientific method, on the base of his own critical realistic ontological principles; and tries to secure his model from the objections on previous models of scientific method. In this model, hi suppose empirical survey as an obvious and undoubted activity in science. Then, he transcendentally derives his ontological principles from this antecedent, means intelligibility of empirical survey in science. Given that majority of Bhaskar’s arguments is discussed on the ground of natural science, and empirical survey in natural science returns to experimentation and providing close system, and close system in society is not possible, so this thesis try to find the status of empirical survey in social science
Keywords:
Methodology ; Roy Bhaskar ; Empirical Survey ; Close System ; Critical Realism ; Social Science Philosophy

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