Intervention as a scientific concept

Bibliographic Data

ID6284502
AuthorsJames N Rosenau (Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, corresponding author)
Year1969
Volume13
Issue2
Pages149-171
Publication date1969-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Conflict Resolution (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-0027 • E-ISSN: 1552-8766
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/002200276901300201
OpenAlexW2021339629
LanguageEN
Citations received47
References cited21

The deeper one delves into the literature on intervention, the more incredulous one becomes. The discrepancy between the importance attached to the problem of intervention and the bases on which solutions to it are founded is so striking that at first one wonders whether an adequate sample of the literature has been examined. Enlargement of the sample, however, only makes the discrepancy more glaring, and after pursuing every footnote that suggests a different approach and ruminating in a wide variety of documents, one is compelled to conclude that the literature is indeed incredible. The spirit of scientific explanation appears to have had no impact on it whatsoever. In an age when it is second nature to assume that the solution of problems requires comprehension of their sources, scholarly writings on the problem of intervention are singularly devoid of efforts to develop systematic knowledge on the conditions under which interventionary

Comprehension · Economics · Epistemology · Intervention (counseling · Linguistics · Political science · Positive economics · Sample (material · Scientific literature · Sociology · Variety (cybernetics · Computer Science · Educational and Psychological Assessments · Evaluation and Performance Assessment · Philosophy · Primary Care and Health Outcomes · Psychology

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