01399cam a2200205Ma 4500020001500000020001800015020001800033020001500051050001400066100001900080245003100099260005800130300002000188490002300208500002000231505043800251520045500689650003301144700001601177  a0710094310  a9780710094315  a9780415608787  a041560878300aH 83bKEA1 aKeat, Russell.10aSocial theory as science /  aLondon :aNew York :bRoutledge & Kegan Paul,cc1982.  axi, 301 pages ;1 aRoutledge revivals  aIncludes index.0 apt. 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.  aThis 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.  asocial sciences - philosophy1 aUrry, John.