Garry Potter

The Philosophy of Social Science

New Perspectives, 2nd Edition

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Philosophy of social science can seem dry and abstract to students but this well conceived textbook engages them effectively in its problems and debates. Assuming no prior knowledge on the reader's part, it uniquely uses dialogue as a way of anticipating students' most frequently asked questions and providing clear explanations and careful contextualisation. Rich in pedagogic support, the second edition covers all the main theoretical positions, including positivism, empiricism, rationalism, hermeneutics, feminist epistemology, postmodernism, and critical realism. It now also includes chapters on methodological individualism, rational choice theory and pragmaticism.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 286
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9781138998407
• ISBN-10: 1138998400
• Artikelnr.: 47271270

Autorenporträt

Dr Garry Potter is a professor in the Faculty of Arts at Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada. He is also a documentary film-maker.

Inhaltsangabe

1st Edition Preface
2nd Edition Preface
1. The Importance of Science and the Importance of Understanding What
Science is
2. Rationalism And Empiricism: Science's Weak Foundations
3. Positivism and its Problems: Seeing is not all There is to Believing
4. Explanations of Social Scientific Understanding and Social Scientific
Understandings of Natural Scientific Explanations
5. Hermeneutics and Science: 'The Linguistic Turn'
6. Feminism and Science: A Woman's Place is the More Objective Space
7. Postmodernism: If You Say There Are No Right or Wrong Answers and I
Say You're Wrong, Am I Right ... or Wrong?
8. Islam and Science: The Stars on a Common Celestial Globe.
9. Pragmatism and Neo-Pragmatism: Foundations of Anti-Foundationalism
10. Hyperreality and Critical Realism, Simulacra and Social Science
Terminology Glossary