After the demise of empiricism Book

	Preface
1	Introduction	1
	The Problem of Criteria	3
	The Empiricist Solution to the Problem of Criteria	5
	The End of Empiricism and Procedures as Criteria	9
	In the Wake of the Demise of Empiricism	11
	Hermeneutics	13
	The Subject Matter of Social and Educational Inquiry	17
	An Outline of the Chapters	20
2	Empiricism and Criteria	23
	The Empiricist Theory of Knowledge	24
	The Legacy of Empiricism	29
	Social and Educational Inquiry - Methodology as Criteria	33
	The Importance of Methodology at the Research Level	39
	Summary	42
3	The Demise of Empiricism and the End of Procedures as Criteria	43
	The Demise of Empiricism	45
	The End of Procedures as Criteria	53
	The Three Perspectives and Criteria	59
4	Postempiricism and Criteria	61
	Postempiricism	63
	Hermeneutics and Postempiricism	72
	Criteria for Judging Inquiry	82
5	Critical Theory and Criteria	91
	The Historical Development of Critical Theory	93
	Contemporary Critical Theory	102
	Hermeneutics and Critical Theory	106
	Critical Inquiry and Criteria	110
6	Interpretation and Criteria	117
	Interpretation	120
	Philosophical Hermeneutics	133
	Interpretation and the Criteria for Judging Inquiry	139
7	The Problem of Criteria	147
	The End of the Common Ground	147
	Criteria for Judging Social and Education Research	153
	Practical Consequences	156
	What Next for the Problem of Criteria	160
	References	165
	Author Index	175
	Subject Index	178