The Philosophy of Social Science: New Perspectives

ISBN-13: 9780582369740 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 266 str.

Garry Potter

Opis

The Philosophy of Social Science: New Perspectives provides a comprehensive history, explanation and critique of empiricism and positivism within the natural and social sciences, as well as an overview of the interpretivist/hermeneutic tradition in social science.

Spis treści

1. Importance of Science. 2. Rationalism and Empiricism. 3. Positivism and Its Problems. 4. Expansions of Social Scientific Understanding. 5. Hermeneutics and Science. 6. Feminism and Science. 7. Postmodernism. 8. Hyper-reality and Critical Realism

O autorze

Gary Potter