The "Science" of Social Policy
Max Weber Revisited
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11342364 |
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| Authors | Asoke Basu (0000-0002-3721-8893, Western Michigan University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1978 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Publication date | 1978-07-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0191-5096 • E-ISSN: 0191-5096 |
| Publisher | WMU Department of Occupational Therapy (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.15453/0191-5096.1302 |
| OpenAlex | W112138502 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
Science documents two sources of knowledge--sense and reason. Further, according to Kant, "The nature of the outer empirical world is not known, what becomes known is that which is perceived." Human constructs represent outer reality. They do not express reality directly as it is in original nature. The aim of the social scientist can never be to eliminate the relative perspective of social reality. It is to understand and explain it within a larger cultural framework. The nature of this task brings the social scientist "close" to defining the social reality within a broader cultural praxis. Any policy--essentially, a set of judgments and hence, conclusions, must always be tempered with this thought in mind
Epistemology · Perspective (graphical · Praxis · Set (abstract data type · Social reality · Social science · Sociology · Task (project management · Critical Theory and Philosophy · Philosophy · Weber, Simmel, Sociological Theory
| Highly cited | No |
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