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The Structure of Social Science - Michael H. Lessnoff

The Structure of Social Science

A Philosophical Introduction
Buch | Softcover
174 Seiten
2023
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-11026-4 (ISBN)
CHF 49,95 inkl. MwSt
First published in 1974, this book provided a most useful introductory survey of all the major philosophical issues relating to the social sciences at the time. While it covers a remarkable amount of ground in a short space, it is never superficial, its careful analysis does full justice to the complexities and controversies of the subject.
Originally published in 1974, this book provided a most useful introductory survey of all the major philosophical issues relating to the social sciences at the time. While it covers a remarkable amount of ground in a short space, it is never superficial, for its lucid and careful analysis does full justice to the complexities and controversies of the subject. Nor is it merely a survey, for, while putting all points of view with scrupulous fairness, the author never fails to make clear his own, and to support it with reasoned argument.

The book’s basic framework is a comparison of physical and social science, and in this context the author examines the problems of the mental aspect of social life, general laws, the individual and the social, explanation, and the relation of fact to value. He is far from advocating (as is often done) the wholesale acceptance or rejection of the ‘physical science model’ in the social sciences – rather, he carefully considers the various elements of the model in relation to the nature of social life. A noteworthy feature of this book is the philosophical analysis of statistical correlations and tests of significance, which bulk so large in the practice of social scientists, yet are all too seldom discussed in books of this kind. Also of special interest is the penetrating and original analysis of functionalist explanation in social science. Students of the social sciences and of philosophy will find this an admirable introduction to an important aspect of their respective disciplines.

Michael Lessnoff

Introduction and Acknowledgements. Note on Footnotes. 1. Physical Science 2. Minds and Social Science 3. Regularities in Social Science 4. Explanation in Social Science 5. Functionalism and Explanation in Social Science 6. Value-judgements and Social Science. Bibliography. Name Index. Subject Index.

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Studies in Sociology
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 138 x 216 mm
Gewicht 322 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Allgemeines / Lexika
ISBN-10 1-032-11026-0 / 1032110260
ISBN-13 978-1-032-11026-4 / 9781032110264
Zustand Neuware
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