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Understanding social work : an empirical approach / Eileen Munro.

Title
Understanding social work : an empirical approach / Eileen Munro.
Author
Munro, Eileen, 1950-
Publication
London ; Atlantic Highlands, NJ : Athlone Press, 1998.

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Description
215 p.; 23 cm.
Subject
  • Service social > Recherche > États-Unis
  • Service social > États-Unis > Méthodologie
  • Service social > États-Unis > Philosophie
  • Social service > United States > Philosophy
  • Social service > United States > Methodology
  • Social service > Research > United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [202]-212) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The Need for Change -- Autonomy and accountability -- Doubts about effectiveness -- Social Workers' Role and Expertise -- The growth of the social work profession -- Social work training -- Which theories to use -- How to use theories -- The Art/Science Debate -- Commonsense psychology -- The rejection of science -- The rejection of the mind -- The mind and science -- Relativism -- The Role of Empathy -- The power of empathy -- The scope of empathy -- The reliability of empathy -- Creative Thinking and Theories -- The myth of the neutral observer -- Theories are conjectures -- Strict behaviourism and the exclusion of the mind -- Free will and causal explanations -- Obstacles to developing theories -- Reliable Evidence -- Theories of meaning and reference -- Limits of the reducibility thesis -- Measurement theories not operational definitions -- Reliability and validity -- Evidence in social work practice -- Weighing the Evidence -- The problems of induction -- Judging the probability of theories -- Refutations: Popper's account -- Refutations: the Bayesian account -- Judging probability in social work practice -- The Importance of the Social Context -- The influence of values -- Relativists in social work -- Kuhn's philosophy of science -- Incommensurable language -- Incommensurable standards -- Empirical Reflective Practice.
ISBN
  • 0485115212
  • 0485121344 (pbk.)
LCCN
^^^97031598^
OCLC
  • 37595167
  • SCSB-11589947
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library