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Debates about the nature of social science and the explanations it provides focus exclusively on ‘theories’ and what these theories are about; they ignore the relationship between theories put forward by particular proponents and those to whom the theories are addressed.
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© 1984 Ricca Edmondson
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Edmondson, R. (1984). Introduction. In: Rhetoric in Sociology. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-06698-8_1
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