Pizhuhish nāmah-i intiqādī-i mutūn va barnāmah hā-yi ̒ulūm-i insāni (Critical Studies in Texts & Programs of Human Sciences)

A Critique on the Book Philosophy of Social Sciences

Document Type : Research

Authors

Mohammad Shojaeian 1
Mohammad Reza Taheri 2

1 Associate Professor, Faculty of Political Sciences, Research Institute of Hawzah and University, Qom, Iran

2 Faculty of Political Sciences, Imam Sadegh University, Tehran, Iran

https://doi.org/10.30465/crtls.2022.36854.2276
Abstract
The book Philosophy of Social Sciences by Michael Root mainly supports a perfectionist approach to the social sciences. In the sense that he believes that social scientists should try to present a conception of the good that is common among research actors. Feminist approaches to the social sciences are examples of this approach. The book also explains the doctrine of neutrality in various areas of social research, which Root believes is the result of the dominance of a liberal approach, and is then rejected. Emphasis on perfectionism in social research and attention to various areas of social sciences is one of the highlights of the book. Failure to provide an explanation of the meaning of the philosophy of social sciences, disregard for developments in contemporary liberalism, in particular, the development of a perfectionist approach to the theory of liberalism and the emphasis on the appropriateness of the idea of neutrality for the state are among the main shortcomings of the book. The existence of a state with valuable moral neutrality challenges the results of perfectionist social research. The issue of objectivity and relativity also needed to be considered, especially for a book that defends the perfectionist approach to the social sciences.

Keywords

Research Method
Methodology
Philosophy of Social Sciences
Liberalism
Neutrality

Subjects

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  • Receive Date 21 October 2021
  • Revise Date 14 January 2022
  • Accept Date 26 February 2022

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