Gita Chadha, "Mapping Scientific Method: Disciplinary Narrations "
English | ISBN: 1032273526 | 2022 | 342 pages | PDF | 7 MB
English | ISBN: 1032273526 | 2022 | 342 pages | PDF | 7 MB
This volume explores how the scientific method enters and determines the dominant methodologies of various modern academic disciplines. It highlights the ways in which practitioners from different disciplinary backgrounds –– the humanities, the natural sciences, and the social sciences –– engage with the scientific method in their own disciplines.
The book maps the discourse (within each of the disciplines) that critiques the scientific method, from different social locations, in order to argue for more complex and nuanced approaches in methodology. It also investigates the connections between the method and the structures of power and domination which exist within these disciplines. In the process, it offers a new way of thinking about the philosophy of the scientific method.
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