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The nature of social reality is a key problem in the philosophy of social science. This book outlines the major issues - historical and contemporary - raised by social reality and social facts. What, after all, are we talking about when we talk about social reality and the facts of social life? Soci...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
1997.
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| Colección: | Problems of philosophy (Routledge & Kegan Paul)
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The nature of social reality is a key problem in the philosophy of social science. This book outlines the major issues - historical and contemporary - raised by social reality and social facts. What, after all, are we talking about when we talk about social reality and the facts of social life? Social constructivism has become a very influential position, and Finn Collin reviews a number of traditional doctrines in philosophy and social science which support the constructivist position, whilst also exposing the excesses of that particular view. This book has something to offer both philosophers and social scientists. To the former it shows how the well-worn topic of realism versus anti-realism (in the broadest sense) assumes new and interestingly varied forms when social reality is substituted for physical reality. For the social scientist, the book offers conceptual clarification of certain key issues in recent social science which are really philosophical issues. Social Reality is written for students of philosophy and the social sciences, and lucidly explains - in terms accessible to both disciplines - the problem of social facts and social reality. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 252 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0415147964 9780415147965 0415147972 9780415147972 0203047923 9780203047927 9786610338313 6610338310 1134754078 9781134754076 1905628714 9781905628711 1280338318 9781280338311 1134754086 9781134754083 0203279972 9780203279977 |