社会科学“混合方法研究”范式争论与方法论探讨

Exploratory Discussions of the Debate on Paradigm and the Methodology of Hybrid Approach in Social Sciences

社会科学方法论以实证主义方法论和解释主义方法论为主的内部冲突由来已久,这种内部冲突导致出现了对立的方法论基础上定量研究与定性研究两大范式之间的冲突与争论。"混合方法研究"的出场为调和两大范式之争提供了一种解决路径,但其范式特别是方法论体系尚不完善而又再起争论。在学者们提出其实用主义、辩证主义及复杂性范式论等方法论基础上,需要汲取马克思"一门科学"思想、科学实践哲学"情境关涉"思想、复杂性科学"多维融贯"新思想等,进一步完善其一般方法论基础的构建。"混合方法研究"具有深刻的方法论意义。

The conflict of empirical and interpretational methods in the field of social sciences has raged on for a long time.This conflict leads to the mutual exclusiveness of two academic paradigms focusing on the methodologies of quantitative and qualitative studies respectively.The hybrid approach is promising in solving such methodological conflict,yet this approach itself needs to be refined in consultation with pragmatism,dialecticism,the idea of complex paradigms,Marxism,philosophy of scientific practice,and the idea of complex science.