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Philosophy of Social Science » Read Now
by Alexander Rosenberg. 242 pgs.

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

...Philosophy of Social Science Also by Alexander Rosenberg...Keith Lehrer, Editors Philosophy of Social Science , Second Edition, Alexander...Kagan Second Edition Philosophy...
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The Philosophy of the Social Sciences » Read Now
by Vernon Pratt. 190 pgs.

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Varieties of Social Explanation: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Social Science » Read Now
by Daniel Little. 258 pgs.

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

...An Introduction to the Philosophy of Social Science DANIEL LITTLE Colgate...an introduction to the philosophy of social science / Daniel Little. p. cm...students in courses...
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Laws and Explanation in the Social Sciences: Defending a Science of Human Behavior » Read Now
by Lee C. McIntyre. 197 pgs.

Collections: Philosophy, Psychology, Entire Library
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Polity and Society: Philosophical Underpinnings of Social Science Paradigms » Read Now
by Michael Haas. 305 pgs.

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

This book deconstructs competing paradigms in political science and sociology in order to demonstrate metaphysical, methodological, and normative assumptions that underpin the paradigms themselves. Haas covers alternative paradigms in seven fields of middle-range theory--development, community...
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This book deconstructs competing paradigms in political science and sociology in order to demonstrate metaphysical, methodological, and normative assumptions that underpin the paradigms themselves. Haas covers alternative paradigms in seven fields of middle-range theory--development, community power, presidential voting, ethnic voting, civil strife, international violence, and international community--in both political science and sociology. He concludes that competing theorists argue ideologically when they should be discussing their differences in terms of underlying philosophical assumptions.
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Philosophy and Methodology in the Social Sciences » Read Now
by Barry Hindess. 258 pgs.

Collections: Philosophy, Psychology, Entire Library

...Sciences Philosophy and Methodology in the Social Sciences BARRY...Department of Sociology...a number of different senses in the social sciences and in philosophy. I use...
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Post-Modernism and the Social Sciences: Insights, Inroads, and Intrusions » Read Now
by Pauline Marie Rosenau. 229 pgs.

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Post-modernism offers a revolutionary approach to the study of society: in questioning the validity of modern science and the notion of objective knowledge, this movement discards history, rejects humanism, and resists any truth claims. In this comprehensive assessment of post-modernism, Pauline...
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Post-modernism offers a revolutionary approach to the study of society: in questioning the validity of modern science and the notion of objective knowledge, this movement discards history, rejects humanism, and resists any truth claims. In this comprehensive assessment of post-modernism, Pauline Rosenau traces its origins in the humanities and describes how its key concepts are today being applied to, and are restructuring, the social sciences. Serving as neither an opponent nor an apologist for the movement, she cuts through post-modernism's often incomprehensible jargon in order to offer all readers a lucid exposition of its propositions. Rosenau shows how the post-modern challenge to reason and rational organization radiates across academic fields. For example, in psychology it questions the conscious, logical, coherent subject; in public administration it encourages a retreat from central planning and from reliance on specialists; in political science it calls into question the authority of hierarchical, bureaucratic decision-making structures that function in carefully defined spheres; in anthropology it inspires the protection of local, primitive cultures from First World attempts to reorganize them. In all of the social sciences, she argues, post-modernism repudiates representative democracy and plays havoc with the very meaning of left-wing and right-wing. Rosenau also highlights how post-modernism has inspired a new generation of social movements, ranging from New Age sensitivities to Third World fundamentalism. In weighing its strengths and weaknesses, the author examines two major tendencies within post-modernism, the largely European, skeptical form and the predominantly Anglo-North-American form, which suggests alternative political, social, and cultural projects. She draws examples from anthropology, economics, geography, history, international relations, law, planning, political science, psychology, sociology, urban studies, and women's studies, and provides a glossary of post-modern terms to assist the uninitiated reader with special meanings not found in standard dictionaries.
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Language, Form, and Inquiry: Arthur F. Bentley's Philosophy of Social Science » Read Now
by James F. Ward. 276 pgs.

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Leaving the Cave: Evolutionary Naturalism in Social-Scientific Thought » Read Now
by Pat Duffy Hutcheon. 504 pgs.

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

...grounding in the philosophy of naturalism, social science can be nothing...of social science include...generations of social scientists...Dewey, whose philosophy...
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Social Science in the Crucible: The American Debate over Objectivity and Purpose, 1918-1941 » Read Now
by Mark C. Smith. 354 pgs.

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

...the core of philosophy. 47 Much...influence on the social sciences. The noted...University of Virginia on the social sciences. Dewey began...regarded philosophy as a...
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The Idea of a Social Science and Its Relation to Philosophy » Read Now
by Peter Winch. 143 pgs.

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Literature, Philosophy, and the Social Sciences: Essays in Existentialism and Phenomenology » Read Now
by Maurice Natanson. 220 pgs.

Collections: Philosophy, Literature, Entire Library

...AND THE SOCIAL SCIENCES ESSAYS...Department of Philosophy, University...A Study in Philosophy and the Social Sciences," Social...Finite Province of Meaning...unique...
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Science and Social Science: An Introduction » Read Now
by Malcolm Williams. 176 pgs.

Collections: Philosophy, Psychology, Entire Library

Is social science really a science at all, and if so in what sense? This is the first question that any course on the philosophy of the social sciences must tackle. In this brief introduction, Malcolm Williams gives students the grounding that will enable them to discuss the issues involved with...
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Is social science really a science at all, and if so in what sense? This is the first question that any course on the philosophy of the social sciences must tackle. In this brief introduction, Malcolm Williams gives students the grounding that will enable them to discuss the issues involved with confidence. He looks at: * The historical development of natural science and its distinctive methodology * the case in favour of an objective science of the social which follows the same rules * The arguments of social constructionists, interpretative sociologists and others against objectivity and even science itself * recent developments in natural science - for instance the rise of complexity theory and the increased questioning of positivism - which bring it closer to some of the key arguments of social science. Throughout, the book is illustrated with short clear examples taken from the actual practice of social science research and from popular works of natural science which will illuminate the debate for all students whatever their background.
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