Scientific change as political action: Franz Boas and the anthropology of race

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A study analyzing Franz Boas's famous arguments against nineteenth-century evolutionary anthropology and racial theory, which provides a model of how, scientific inquiry can provide empirically objective grounds for political critique under the right conditions is illustrated. The example of Boas's critique shows that partisan inquiry can be subject to critical scrutiny, perfectly ordinary scientific methods and epistemic criteria that can be used to support theories with political consequences.

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Methodological triangulation in nursing research

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The debate over methodological triangulation between quantitative and qualitative methods in nursing research is discussed as a parallel to the philosophical debate concerning the relationship between natural and social sciences. Topics include the methodological triangulation debate, analysis of the debate, confirmation and structure of theory, blending of different research methodologies, and the fate of separatism in the philosophy of social science.

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Reasons, causes, and action explanation

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Donald Davidson argued that the only clear way to understand action explanation is to hold that reasons are causes. It is found that reasons are causes, but rationalizing explanations are not casual explanations.

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