Deborah Court

A Brief History of Knowledge for Social Science Researchers

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• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A Brief History of Knowledge for Social Science Researchers outlines a history of knowledge from Ancient Greece to present day, in Europe and the Western world. This outline provides the basis for understanding where various research methods originate, and their epistemological, historical, political and social roots.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 90
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Februar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 256g
• ISBN-13: 9780367370794
• ISBN-10: 0367370794
• Artikelnr.: 58729579

Autorenporträt

Deborah Court is an associate professor of Education at Bar-Ilan University and research consultant at the Arab Academic College in Israel. She conducts ethnographic research in multicultural and inter-religious settings. She is keenly aware of the importance for graduate students and experienced researchers to understand the epistemological underpinnings of research methods.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
1. How can we think about research? A gallery of heroes
2. Epistemology and its relevance to research
3. A historical sketch of knowledge in the western world: the greeks
through the middle ages
4. A historical sketch of knowledge in the western world: from the
middle ages to the enlightenment
5. A historical sketch of knowledge in the western world: from the
enlightenment onward
6. Are we there yet? The birth and development of the social sciences
7. How can we think about theory? A gallery of heroes
8. A brief history of knowledge, and the vistas beyond