Paul Diesing

Patterns of Discovery in the Social Sciences

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Social scientists are often vexed because their work does not satisfy the criteria of "scientific" methodology developed by philosophers of science and logicians who use the natural sciences as their model. This study defines science in terms of norms implicit in what social scientists actually do in their everyday work.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 364
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 255mm x 180mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 771g
• ISBN-13: 9780202361840
• ISBN-10: 0202361845
• Artikelnr.: 23348112

Autorenporträt

Paul Diesing

Inhaltsangabe

1: Introduction
I: Formal Methods and Theories
2: General Characteristics of Formal Theories
3: The Development of a Formal Theory
4: Experimental Work with Mathematical Models
5: The Analysis and Verification of Computer Models
6: Types of Formal Theories
7: Uses of Models
8: Formalization
9: The Implicit Ontology of Formalists
II: Participant-Observer and Clinical Methods
10: The Holist Standpoint
11: Main Steps of a Case Study
12: Holistic Uses of Statistics
13: Comparative Methods and the Development of Theory
14: Typologies : Real and Ideal Types
15: Some Characteristics of Holist Theories
16: The Use and Verification of General Theory
17: Structural-Functional Theories
18: The Practical Use of Case Studies
19: Weaknesses and Problems of Case Study Methods
20: The Implicit Ontology of Case Study Methods
III: Methods in the Philosophy of Science
21: The Participant-Observer Method
22: The Method of Rational Reconstruction
23: The Typological Method
24: The Method of Conceptual Analysis
25: Science, Philosophy, and Astrology