Relation between theory and fact is one of the most important and attractive issues of social science. Almost, all of us using theory in our scholarly endeavors without thinking deeply about the relation between theory and fact. Considering the necessity of a simultaneous theoretical and factual understanding of social phenomena, this article explains “theory-fact” relation according to the three main methodologies of science (Phenomenology, Interpretationism, Instrumentalism) and at the end will offer an alternative approach to this issue area based on the fuzzy logic.
Mousavi Shafaee, S. M., & Shapouridad, M. (2013). CONTRIBUTION OF FUZZY LOGIC IN EXPLANATION OF THE “THEORY-FACT” RELATION. POLITICAL QUARTERLY, 43(4), 167-187. doi: 10.22059/jpq.2013.50504
MLA
Seyed Masoud Mousavi Shafaee; Mehdi Shapouridad. "CONTRIBUTION OF FUZZY LOGIC IN EXPLANATION OF THE “THEORY-FACT” RELATION", POLITICAL QUARTERLY, 43, 4, 2013, 167-187. doi: 10.22059/jpq.2013.50504
HARVARD
Mousavi Shafaee, S. M., Shapouridad, M. (2013). 'CONTRIBUTION OF FUZZY LOGIC IN EXPLANATION OF THE “THEORY-FACT” RELATION', POLITICAL QUARTERLY, 43(4), pp. 167-187. doi: 10.22059/jpq.2013.50504
VANCOUVER
Mousavi Shafaee, S. M., Shapouridad, M. CONTRIBUTION OF FUZZY LOGIC IN EXPLANATION OF THE “THEORY-FACT” RELATION. POLITICAL QUARTERLY, 2013; 43(4): 167-187. doi: 10.22059/jpq.2013.50504
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