How do the social sciences resemble and differ from history and the physical sciences? Can the social sciences be impersonal? Polymath Rom Harré discusses these questions with Nigel Warburton in this episode of the Social Science Bites podcast. Social Science Bites is made in association with SAGE. A transcript of this interview is available exclusively on socialsciencespace.
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Your discussion is interesting, I will will write in detail later. OK.
With regards,
Prof.Dr. M.P.Regmi
This is a fascinating conversation with Harré. It reminds us of the way knowledge in the social science is ‘situated’ but this doesn’t relegate it to the realm of the anecdote. It also has implications for empirical researchers seeking to naively produce ‘what works’ or ‘replication of novel projects’ for policy makers. It is as we know much harder than that. There are also interesting insights here about ‘validity’ and the sense of a convincing story for stakeholders or subjects of research being an important component of such assessments. Thank you.
It sounds interesting to read about “what is social science” and of course and the utility of the social science to the society at large.
Many thanks to you all
T.Krishna Kanth
Can you make transcripts available? Would help many of us to access this material. Seems like a great resource. Thanks.
You’ll be pleased to know that transcripts are on their way!
Thanks!
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