Yes, I was sure that German scholars would be at the forefront of such a
discussion, but getting at materials in English (or in thise case Spanish!)
would be nice.
Thanks michael.
mike
On 8/17/05, Wolff-Michael Roth <mroth@uvic.ca> wrote:
>
> Is there anyone from Germany on this list? I know German scholar love
> to use expressions like "methodisch-methodologisch". I will copy this
> message to a friend in Germany, Franz Breuer, a qualitatively working
> psychologist and co-editor of the online journal FQS: FORUM QUALITATIVE
> SOZIALFORSCHUNG / FORUM QUALITATIVE SOCIAL RESEARCH.
>
> In my book on research method that is going to be published this or
> next week, I point out that methodology is something like the science
> of method, as distinct to the particular method you use in enacting a
> project. More so, I think it is important to practice method for
> graduate students rather than merely to read methodologies, treatises
> that conceptualize different ways of doing research. . .
>
> I think there is a greater penchant in Germany, for example, to do real
> methodological work, as you can find it in Stegmüller (1974), who
> distinguishes different ways of conducting historical research, etc.
>
> Stegmüller, W. (1974). Probleme und Resultate der Wissenschaftstheorie
> und Analytischen Philosophie, Band I: Wissenschaftliche Erklärung und
> Begründung[Problems and results of a theory of science and analytical
> philosophy, volume 1: Scientific explication and explanation]. Berlin:
> Springer-Verlag.
>
>
> Perhaps we can get Franz to assist us on this list?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Michael
>
>
> On 17-Aug-05, at 10:16 AM, Mike Cole wrote:
>
> > A visiting colleague has rasied the issue of the distinction between
> > method
> > and methodology in a cultural-historical
> > perspective. I do not know offhand of any good written discussions of
> > this
> > distinction although I think it is important.
> > Can anyone help?
> > mike
> > _______________________________________________
> > xmca mailing list
> > xmca@weber.ucsd.edu
> > http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca
> >
>
>
_______________________________________________
xmca mailing list
xmca@weber.ucsd.edu
http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Thu Sep 01 2005 - 01:00:09 PDT