A Critique of the Book Understanding Social Science from the Perspective of Actor-Network Theory
Roger Trigg’s Understanding Social Science does a good job of criticizing positivist and deterministic approaches to social science, either biological, social, or psychological. In the context of critical realism, Trigg criticizes in a good and detailed way many of the common dichotomies, amongst wh...
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| description | Roger Trigg’s Understanding Social Science does a good job of criticizing positivist and deterministic approaches to social science, either biological, social, or psychological. In the context of critical realism, Trigg criticizes in a good and detailed way many of the common dichotomies, amongst which naive realism / non-realism is most important. Although Trigg attempts to go away from positivistic and non-critical methodologies, and in result opens up a way for rational evaluation and judgment, as we shall see, he does not develop his methodology very well; moreover, his understanding of what society is and what social structures and realities are made of may endanger the empirical aspect of his methodology. Furthermore, it seems to me that some of Trigg’s arguments in the field of rationality are ambiguous and do not go far enough in the critique of constructivists’ and relativists’ attitudes. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-627b9052706c435693816932bc07afbe2025-01-08T05:47:43ZfasInstitute for Humanities and Cultural Studies (IHCS)پژوهشنامۀ انتقادی متون و برنامههای علوم انسانی2383-16502020-07-0120519922110.30465/crtls.2020.53825382A Critique of the Book Understanding Social Science from the Perspective of Actor-Network TheoryRahman Sharifzadeh0PhD in Philosophy of Science and Technology, Assistant Professor, Iranian Research Institute for Information Science and Technology (IranDoc),Roger Trigg’s Understanding Social Science does a good job of criticizing positivist and deterministic approaches to social science, either biological, social, or psychological. In the context of critical realism, Trigg criticizes in a good and detailed way many of the common dichotomies, amongst which naive realism / non-realism is most important. Although Trigg attempts to go away from positivistic and non-critical methodologies, and in result opens up a way for rational evaluation and judgment, as we shall see, he does not develop his methodology very well; moreover, his understanding of what society is and what social structures and realities are made of may endanger the empirical aspect of his methodology. Furthermore, it seems to me that some of Trigg’s arguments in the field of rationality are ambiguous and do not go far enough in the critique of constructivists’ and relativists’ attitudes.https://criticalstudy.ihcs.ac.ir/article_5382_b690a3ce69588c56859916647615ff32.pdfsocial scienceroger triggcritical realismactor-network theory |
| spellingShingle | Rahman Sharifzadeh A Critique of the Book Understanding Social Science from the Perspective of Actor-Network Theory پژوهشنامۀ انتقادی متون و برنامههای علوم انسانی social science roger trigg critical realism actor-network theory |
| title | A Critique of the Book
Understanding Social Science
from the Perspective of Actor-Network Theory |
| title_full | A Critique of the Book
Understanding Social Science
from the Perspective of Actor-Network Theory |
| title_fullStr | A Critique of the Book
Understanding Social Science
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| title_full_unstemmed | A Critique of the Book
Understanding Social Science
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| title_short | A Critique of the Book
Understanding Social Science
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| title_sort | critique of the book understanding social science from the perspective of actor network theory |
| topic | social science roger trigg critical realism actor-network theory |
| url | https://criticalstudy.ihcs.ac.ir/article_5382_b690a3ce69588c56859916647615ff32.pdf |
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