Forms of Explanation: Rethinking the Questions in Social Theory

ISBN-13: 9780300049022 / Angielski / Miękka / 1990 / 197 str.

Alan Garfinkel

Opis

What makes one explanation better than another? How can we tell when an explanation has really answered our question? In a lively and readable discussion, Garfinkel argues that the key to understanding an explanation is to discover what question is really being answered. He then suggests criteria for a good explanation and goes on to examine some classic explanations in social and natural science.