The Relation of Theory and Method
Causal Relatedness, Historical Contingency and beyond
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3495265 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Derek Layder (0000-0002-3815-3147, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1988 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 441-463 |
| Publication date | 1988-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Sociological Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0261 • E-ISSN: 1467-954X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-954x.1988.tb02923.x |
| OpenAlex | W2106744604 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
| References cited | 17 |
This paper critically scrutinizes the thesis put forward by Jennifer Platt in a recent article in The Sociological Review about the general relation between theory and method, based on her investigation of the specific example of functionalism and survey research in post-war US sociology. The present paper questions the extent to which Platt's analysis and general conclusions mask important levels of connectedness between theory and method
Contingency · Epistemology · Functionalism (philosophy of mind · Relation (database · Social connectedness · Social science · Sociology · Structural functionalism · Computer Science · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice · Labor Movements and Unions · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
Area Studies/Asian Studies
Being undisciplined. On Your Marx
Political Science/Political Theory
Area Studies/Asian Studies
Anthropology
Philosophy and Critical Realism
Philosophy and Standpoint Theory
Sociology
Sociology and Economics
Critical realism and realist research in human geography
Comparações odiosas
The Theoretical Underpinnings of Chicago Sociology in the 1920s and 30s
Research Note
Odious Comparisons
The explanation of social behaviour
Explorations in role analysis
The Discovery of Grounded Theory
Philosophical Foundations of the Three Sociologies (Rle Social Theory)
Objective Knowledge
Language, Thought, and Reality
The Rules of Sociological Method
Beyond Empiricism? The Promise of Realism
Grounded Theory
"Sociological Analysis and the "Variable
The Making of Symbolic Interactionism
Symbolic Interactionism
Social Theory and Social Structure
Systematic Empiricism
Functionalism and the Survey
| Unique citing works | 14 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,39 |
| Citation span | 1990 - 2020 (31) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 14 |