Relativism and Scientific Truths in Weber’s Works
Gonthier, Frédéric
Relativism and Scientific Truths in Weber’s Works - 2006.
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Though Weber recalls that social sciences are linked to the personal interests and to an act of belief coming from the scientist, he does not claim for a relativist analysis of the scientifical objectivity. Bringing out the different presuppositions that allow scientifical activity, Weber solves an important epistemological difficulty concerning the status of social sciences. Social sciences answer to a circular definition : their objectivity can only be founded on their own empirical consequences.
Relativism and Scientific Truths in Weber’s Works - 2006.
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Though Weber recalls that social sciences are linked to the personal interests and to an act of belief coming from the scientist, he does not claim for a relativist analysis of the scientifical objectivity. Bringing out the different presuppositions that allow scientifical activity, Weber solves an important epistemological difficulty concerning the status of social sciences. Social sciences answer to a circular definition : their objectivity can only be founded on their own empirical consequences.
Réseaux sociaux