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Avoiding philosophy as a trump-card in sociological writing. A study from the discourse of evidence-based healthcare
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dc.contributor.author | Reid, Benet | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-03-27T23:33:57Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-03-27T23:33:57Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-11 | |
dc.identifier | 249566570 | |
dc.identifier | 8ac47a2c-3040-4391-8864-6d8dadff6d70 | |
dc.identifier | 85016099260 | |
dc.identifier | 000415972800001 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Reid , B 2017 , ' Avoiding philosophy as a trump-card in sociological writing. A study from the discourse of evidence-based healthcare ' , Social Theory and Health , vol. 15 , no. 4 , pp. 369-387 . https://doi.org/10.1057/s41285-017-0033-6 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1477-8211 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/13035 | |
dc.description.abstract | In this article I explore a situation where health sociologists encounter pure-philosophical reasoning in the fabric of social life. Accounts of the relationship between philosophy and sociology tend to be framed in abstract theory, so there is a need for practical ways to anchor philosophical reasoning in sociological writing. I consider the use of philosophies as strategic tools for socially grounded understanding, rather than rhetorical trump-cards which bypass socio-political questions. I present my understanding in two stages: first, I discuss my example topic of Evidence-Based Healthcare (EBHC), reviewing some philosophical contributions by writers in that discourse. These niche-writings I contextualise briefly in relation to other academic meetings between philosophy and sociology. Second, I offer three philosophical perspectives on the topic of EBHC, and outline their significance for understanding it sociologically. I conclude that to navigate the difficult ground where philosophy and sociology meet, sociologists can entrain pure-philosophical argumentation to the purpose of critical, socially situated understandings. | |
dc.format.extent | 19 | |
dc.format.extent | 621126 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Social Theory and Health | en |
dc.subject | EBHC | en |
dc.subject | Health | en |
dc.subject | Philosophy | en |
dc.subject | Social theory | en |
dc.subject | Theoretical methods | en |
dc.subject | H Social Sciences (General) | en |
dc.subject | HM Sociology | en |
dc.subject | RA Public aspects of medicine | en |
dc.subject | Health(social science) | en |
dc.subject | Sociology and Political Science | en |
dc.subject | T-NDAS | en |
dc.subject.lcc | H1 | en |
dc.subject.lcc | HM | en |
dc.subject.lcc | RA | en |
dc.title | Avoiding philosophy as a trump-card in sociological writing. A study from the discourse of evidence-based healthcare | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Geography & Sustainable Development | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1057/s41285-017-0033-6 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.date.embargoedUntil | 2018-03-27 |
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