A Realist Philosophy of Social Science
Subtitle: Explanation and Understanding
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: July 3, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780521678582
Subjects: Social theory; Social Science; Sociology; Methodology; Sociology - General; Social Science / Research; Philosophy; Social sciences; Sociale filosofie.; gtt
First sentence: Despite some contentiousness between both working social scientists and many philosophers, ideas about explanation in social science are remarkably taken for granted.