Controversies in Doctrine and Method

Bibliographic Data

ID2202078
AuthorsFlorian Znaniecki (corresponding author)
Year1945
Volume50
Issue6
Pages514-521
Publication date1945-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-9602 • E-ISSN: 1537-5390
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1086/219692
OpenAlexW1978692751
LanguageEN
Citations received10

Sociology has lately become a battlefield of irreconcilable philosophic doctrines and seems to be heading toward total disintegration. Controversial issues endanger its objectivity; opposite epistemologies of radical empiricism and mathematical dogmatism prevent co-operative usage of qualitative and quantitative methods; idealistic and materialistic metaphysics interfere with a methodical division of functions between the natural and the cultural approach to social phenomena. Although in actual sociological research and systematization these struggles are less marked than in abstract discussions, the endless task of integration will be difficult

Battlefield · Doctrine · Empiricism · Epistemology · Materialism · Metaphysics · Objectivity (philosophy · Political science · Sociology · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice · Law · Philosophy

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