Foundations of social inquiry: a brief excursion

In: Social perspectives of aging

Abstract

Intro -- FOUNDATIONS OF SOCIAL INQUIRY: A BRIEF EXCURSION -- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION -- Chapter 2: OBJECTIVITY AND SOCIAL RESEARCH -- Chapter 3: INDUCTION AND SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH -- INDUCTIVE RESEARCH -- AN EVALUATION OF INDUCTION -- SEMINAR QUESTIONS -- Chapter 4: DEDUCTION AND SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH -- PROBLEMS OF DEDUCTION -- Chapter 5: CRITICAL THEORY AND SOCIAL INQUIRY -- FROM MARX TO CRITICAL THEORY: SITUATING KNOWLEDGE AND SOCIAL CHANGE -- FROM CRITICAL THEORY TO FEMINISM: COMMONALITIES AND DIFFERENCES -- Chapter 6: ETHICS AND SOCIAL RESEARCH -- ETHICAL PRINCIPLES IN SOCIAL RESEARCH -- ETHICAL DILEMMAS -- Chapter 7: ONTOLOGY AND EPISTEMOLOGY IN RESEARCH -- 1. WHAT IS EPISTEMOLOGY? -- 2. WHAT IS ONTOLOGY? -- 3. EXAMPLE OF ONTOLOGY WITHIN PARTICULAR THEORIES -- Chapter 8: POSTMODERNISM AND SOCIAL INQUIRY -- WHAT IS POSTMODERNISM? -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.