The Positivist Dispute after 50 years - An unrepentant 'positivist' view
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2404814 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Reinhard Neck (0000-0002-4984-0698, University of Klagenfurt, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 185-190 |
| Publication date | 2015-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Classical Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1468-795X • E-ISSN: 1741-2897 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1468795x14567831 |
| OpenAlex | W2339178119 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
The article reconstructs the scientific, political and methodological issues debated by the two camps in the Positivist Dispute. The main issues considered controversial were: methodological individualism versus holism, different notions of 'critical', methodological differences related to hypothetic-deductive explanation versus hermeneutic 'understanding' and to analytic versus dialectic reasoning. After more than 50 years, it is maybe easier to pass a sober verdict on what was discussed at the time and start a new long-term oriented dialogue on fundamental issues in the social sciences and science in general
Dialectic · Epistemology · Holism · Individualism · Methodological individualism · Political science · Politics · Positivism · Social science · Sociology · Education, Psychology, and Complexity Research · Healthcare, Law, Governance, and Management Studies · Law · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |