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- Title
The logic of means-end analysis.
- Authors
Lane, Jan-Erik
- Abstract
The conceptual scheme of means of ends for the analysis of action in a wide sense used to be considered a basic paradigm in the social sciences. It has come under attack from various points and as a result has today lost much of its appeal and status. If some basic distinctions are introduced into the means-end concepts, then it is possible to show that the severe criticism of this conceptual scheme cannot be sustained. In a revised version means-end analysis may be a powerful tool in the hands of the social sciences.
- Subjects
CONCEPTS; SOCIAL sciences; THEORY of knowledge; GOAL (Psychology); TECHNOLOGY; PROBLEM solving
- Publication
Quality & Quantity, 1986, Vol 20, Issue 4, p339
- ISSN
0033-5177
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/BF00123084