Primer in Theory Construction An a&B Classics Edition

Name: Primer in Theory Construction An a&B Classics Edition
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ISBN: 9780205501281

ISBN-10: 0205501281

ISBN-13: 9780205501281

Edition: 2006

Authors: Paul Davidson Reynolds

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Book details

List price: $67.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 4/26/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 6.10" wide x 8.98" long x 0.39" tall
Weight: 0.814
Language: English



Introduction


For What Should Scientific Knowledge Be Useful?


Typologies, Prediction and Explanation, Sense of Understanding, Control


Theory


How Does a Concept or Statement Become Part of a Scientific


Body of Knowledge?


Desirable Characteristics of Scientific Knowledge--Abstractness


Intersubjectivity (Meaning), Intersubjectivity (Logical Rigor), Empirical


Relevance


Summary and Conclusion



The Idea


Kuhn Paradigms Example: Freudrsquo;s Theory of Personality


Paradigms Examples: Heiderrsquo;s Balance Theory


Two Conceptions


Of Status Structures: Elitist and Pluralistic


Paradigm Variations


Examples: Variations on the Freudian


Conception of Personality


Variations on Heider's Balance Theory


Identifying Paradigms


Conclusion



Concepts


Definition of Concepts


Abstract vs. Concrete Concepts


Concept Measurement


Quantification of Concepts--The Nominal Level


The Ordinal Level


The Interval Level


General Comments on Quantification



Statements


Existence Statements&