Howard Becker, Evidence
“When a wise man points at the moon, the imbecile examines the finger”. Applied to sociology, the famous quote from Confucius could be translated as follows: “when readers are focused on the results, the major stake lies in the methods used to demonstrate them”. Howard Becker precisely dedicates hi...
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Lectures
2019
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| Summary: | “When a wise man points at the moon, the imbecile examines the finger”. Applied to sociology, the famous quote from Confucius could be translated as follows: “when readers are focused on the results, the major stake lies in the methods used to demonstrate them”. Howard Becker precisely dedicates his latest book to this very issue, that is to say under what conditions any data collected by sociologists can be accepted as relevant evidence supporting a general idea – what is generally referred... |
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