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.
发表于2024-11-24
Methods of Discovery 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书
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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.
还可以吧,这老头写的书有点絮絮叨叨……几个章节说的都是一回事。
评分除开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
评分一本对多数社会/人文学科都可能适用的方法论启蒙书。两个技能点:1. 以广泛游历(文献积累)为基础,如何画地图(识别既有的分析现象的原则);2. 通过玩耍并调整地图,如何发现奇妙岛屿(提问题)。回想一下自己的本科训练,似乎缺了这样一门关于“问题意识”的方法论课,略遗憾。(以及,AA目测是个热爱音乐与恶意卖萌的帅老头,哈哈)
评分读者的福气。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。
评分作者功力很高,读起来有时候感觉像在读诗一样,很条理,很享受。
Methods of Discovery 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书