This chapter provides an introduction to the dominant approaches and ideas in the social sciences. It identifies the key and ideas and assumptions as well as the key theoretical and methodological issues associated with each approach. The emphasis on the ideas and assumptions as well as issues enables students to appreciate more the varied ways of thinking offered by social scientists by understanding some of the debates and disagreements within the discipline.
Jurgen Habermas
Habermas used"cognitive interests" to refer to "the human concerns that underlie a particular intellectual discipline," arguing that "what humans study and the manner in which we go about studying is determined by the human interests and purposes that a discipline us founded on"(Fusella 2014, 875)
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