Methods of Discovery

Andrew Abbott is Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Chicago. He is the author, most recently, of Chaos of Disciplines and Time Matters: On Theory and Method, both from the University of Chicago Press. The recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, Professor Abbott has written and lectured widely on occupations and professions, social science methods, social theory, and the history of the Chicago School of Sociology.

出版者:W. W. Norton & Company

作者:Andrew Abbott

页数:261

出版时间:2004-2-2

价格:GBP 17.99

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9780393978148

丛书系列:Contemporary Societies Series

图书标签:社会学Methodology研究方法方法论Sociology阿伯特社科方法质性能超群

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Methods of Discovery is organized around strategies for deepening arguments in order to find the best ways to study social phenomena. This exciting book is not about the mechanics of doing social science research, but about habits of thinking that enable students to use those mechanics in new ways, by coming up with new ideas and combining them more effectively with old ones. Examples from throughout the social sciences help show how these moves can open new lines of thinking. Each chapter covers several moves and their reverses (if these exist), discussing particular examples of the move as well as its logical and theoretical structure. This book offers readers a new way of thinking about directions for their research and new ways to imagine information relevant to their research problems.

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除开AA渊博又爱掉书袋以外，全书行文极为流畅，逻辑简单清晰明了，第二章对理论与方法论争辩的归类极好，第三四五章解释创造启发/想象力的方法，第六章又见经典的二分法，还是第七章最为直接有效实用些。一个好的问题和相对应的好想法以及分析问题的多折多层多角度多质疑多反思多阅读，太宝贵了！M

终于找到了中文大学沈博士的面前

读者的福气。社科各门各派的争论娓娓道来。认知论上下的功夫很大，启发式方法对社科科研者会有很大启发，而论述门派别见时用的例子也是不错的拓宽知识的途径。缺点是重复比较多，偏功用主义，没有注意莫里斯语言三大类应用到社科科研中的动态性质（而略带讽刺的是作者其实在narrative heuristics其中提到过静态转动的重要性），举例相对比较老，没有涉及前沿社科研究。

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读了一半，剩下不知何时待补（其实阅读体验还不错