The aesthetics of research methodologies in the social sciences

David E. W. Fenner

doi:10.5840/ijap200620219

The aesthetics of research methodologies in the social sciences

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Abstract

A strong parallel exists between current research methodologies in the social sciences and the two most central and popular approaches to aesthetics over the last four centuries. The point of this paper is to show this parallel, to demonstrate the importance and relevance of this parallel, and finally to examine ways of deciding, given this parallel between research methodologies and aesthetic approaches, which research methodology in a given context is the better.

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	311-330
Number of pages	20
Journal	International Journal of Applied Philosophy
Volume	20
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5840/ijap200620219
State	Published - 2006

Keywords

aesthetics
social sciences
research methodologies

Disciplines

Philosophy
Aesthetics
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Sociology

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