Social theory as science /

By:

Keat, Russell

Contributor(s):

Urry, John

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Publication details: London : New York : Routledge & Kegan Paul, c1982.Description: xi, 301 pagesISBN:

0710094310
9780710094315
9780415608787
0415608783

Subject(s):

social sciences - philosophy

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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Includes index.

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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