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Social theory as science /

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: London : New York : Routledge & Kegan Paul, c1982.Description: xi, 301 pagesISBN:
  • 0710094310
  • 9780710094315
  • 9780415608787
  • 0415608783
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • H 83 KEA
Contents:
pt. I. Conceptions of Science -- 1. Positivist philosophy of science -- 2. Realist philosophy of science -- 3. Forms of conventionalism -- -- pt. II. Conceptions of Science as Social Theory -- 4. Sociology and positivism -- 5. Marx and realism -- 6. Structure and structuralism -- -- pt. III. Meaning and Ideology -- 7. The explantion and understanding of social action -- 8. Reification and realism -- 9. Values, theory and reality.
Summary: This book, written by a philosopher interested in the problems of social science and scientific method, and a sociologist interested in the philosophy of science, presents a novel conception of how we should think about and carry out the scientific study of social life. This book combines an evaluation of different conceptions of the nature of science with an examination of important sociological theorists and frameworks.-- Publisher description.
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Book GIMPA Main Reference Section H 83 KEA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 67020
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Includes index.

pt. I. Conceptions of Science -- 1. Positivist philosophy of science -- 2. Realist philosophy of science -- 3. Forms of conventionalism -- -- pt. II. Conceptions of Science as Social Theory -- 4. Sociology and positivism -- 5. Marx and realism -- 6. Structure and structuralism -- -- pt. III. Meaning and Ideology -- 7. The explantion and understanding of social action -- 8. Reification and realism -- 9. Values, theory and reality.

This book, written by a philosopher interested in the problems of social science and scientific method, and a sociologist interested in the philosophy of science, presents a novel conception of how we should think about and carry out the scientific study of social life. This book combines an evaluation of different conceptions of the nature of science with an examination of important sociological theorists and frameworks.-- Publisher description.

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