A critical examination of Habermas' and Marcuse's attacks on positivism, with special reference to the implications of the attacks for sociology

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dc.contributor.advisorVon Broembsen, Marleseen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorGlass, H G Len_ZA
dc.contributor.authorRomm, Norma R Aen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-12-10T08:08:53Z
dc.date.available2014-12-10T08:08:53Z
dc.date.issued1982en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: leaves 232-239.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe debate between positivists on the one hand, and anti-positivists such as Habermas and Marcuse on the other, about the possibility of an objective value-free social science seems to have reached an impasse: Positivists continue to assert that the facts and laws of social life are objective givens which can be apprehended by a social science modelling itself on the natural science methodology. (There is disagreement among positivists about whether the natural science methodology is based on inductive or deductive logic, and thus about exactly what would be implied by a transference of this methodology to social science). Positivists justify their quest for objective knowledge of the laws and facts of social life, by claiming that such knowledge is empirically grounded and ipso facto capable of validation.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationRomm, N. R. A. (1982). <i>A critical examination of Habermas' and Marcuse's attacks on positivism, with special reference to the implications of the attacks for sociology</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Sociology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9932en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationRomm, Norma R A. <i>"A critical examination of Habermas' and Marcuse's attacks on positivism, with special reference to the implications of the attacks for sociology."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Sociology, 1982. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9932en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationRomm, N. 1982. A critical examination of Habermas' and Marcuse's attacks on positivism, with special reference to the implications of the attacks for sociology. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Romm, Norma R A AB - The debate between positivists on the one hand, and anti-positivists such as Habermas and Marcuse on the other, about the possibility of an objective value-free social science seems to have reached an impasse: Positivists continue to assert that the facts and laws of social life are objective givens which can be apprehended by a social science modelling itself on the natural science methodology. (There is disagreement among positivists about whether the natural science methodology is based on inductive or deductive logic, and thus about exactly what would be implied by a transference of this methodology to social science). Positivists justify their quest for objective knowledge of the laws and facts of social life, by claiming that such knowledge is empirically grounded and ipso facto capable of validation. DA - 1982 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1982 T1 - A critical examination of Habermas' and Marcuse's attacks on positivism, with special reference to the implications of the attacks for sociology TI - A critical examination of Habermas' and Marcuse's attacks on positivism, with special reference to the implications of the attacks for sociology UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9932 ER - en_ZA
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dc.identifier.vancouvercitationRomm NRA. A critical examination of Habermas' and Marcuse's attacks on positivism, with special reference to the implications of the attacks for sociology. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Sociology, 1982 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9932en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Sociologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherSociologyen_ZA
dc.titleA critical examination of Habermas' and Marcuse's attacks on positivism, with special reference to the implications of the attacks for sociologyen_ZA
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