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Some Second Thoughts about Theory in the Social Sciences
Author(s) -
Couclelis Helen
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
geographical analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.773
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1538-4632
pISSN - 0016-7363
DOI - 10.1111/j.1538-4632.1983.tb00757.x
Subject(s) - variety (cybernetics) , diversity (politics) , convergence (economics) , sociology , epistemology , social science , philosophy , computer science , anthropology , artificial intelligence , economics , economic growth
When Professor Papageorgiou submitted his brief essay in the spring of 1982 (“Some Thoughts about Theory in the Social Sciences, GA [October 1982], pp. 340‐46), I decided to use it as a vehicle to provoke a discussion of the issues he raised. I invited a number of scholars to submit brief and informal statements on these issues and these responses are assembled in the following pages. The variety of styles and contents of the submissions reflects the diversity that is contemporary human geography. I hope that this forum enhances our appreciation of the points‐of‐view of others. Convergence towards a single widely accepted epistemological framework appears to be further away than ever.