Popper, Rationality and the Possibility of Social Science

<p>Social science employs teleological explanations which depend upon the rationality principle, according to which people exhibit instrumental rationality. Popper points out that people also exhibit critical rationality, the tendency to stand back from, and to question or criticise, their vie...

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Main Author: Danny Frederick
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of the Basque Country 2013-02-01
Series:Theoria
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Online Access:http://www.ehu.es/ojs/index.php/THEORIA/article/view/1879