The philosophy of social science : an introduction /

This textbook by Martin Hollis offers an exceptionally clear and concise introduction to the philosophy of social science. It examines questions which give rise to fundamental philosophical issues. Are social structures better conceived of as systems of laws and forces, or as webs of meanings and pr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hollis, Martin (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1994.
Colección:Cambridge Introductions to Philosophy
Temas:
Social sciences > Philosophy.
Sciences sociales > Philosophie.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Methodology.
Einführung
Philosophie
Sozialwissenschaften
Sociale wetenschappen.
Wetenschapsfilosofie.
Ciencias humanas e sociais.
Sociologia (filosofia e teoria)
Philosophie sociale.
sciences sociales.
Social sciences > Philosophy
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction: problems of Structure and Action
  • 2. Discovering truth: the rationalist way
  • 3. Positive science: the empiricist way
  • 4. Ants, Spiders and Bees: a third way?
  • 5. Systems and functions
  • 6. Games with Rational Agents
  • 7. Understanding social action
  • 8. Self and roles
  • 9. Explaining and understanding
  • 10. A value-neutral social science?
  • 11. Rationality and relativism
  • 12. Conclusion: two stories to tell.

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