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Philosophy of social science : the philosophical foundations of social thought / Ted Benton and Ian Craib.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextLanguage: English Series: Traditions in social theory | Themes in social theoryPublisher: Houndsmill, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011Copyright date: ©2001, 2011Edition: 2nd Edition, 10th anniversary EditionDescription: x, 260 pages 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780230242609
  • 023024260X
  • 9780230242593
  • 0230242596
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Philosophy of social scienceDDC classification:
  • 300.1 22
Contents:
Preface to the second edition -- Introduction to the first edition -- Empiricism and positivism in science -- Some problems of empiricism and positivism -- Science, nature and society : some alternatives to empiricism -- Interpretive approaches 1: instrumental rationality -- Interpretive approaches 2: rationality as rule-following: cultures, traditions and hermeneutics -- Interpretive approaches 3: critical rationality -- Critical realism and the social sciences -- Feminism, knowledge, and society -- Post-structuralism and postmodernism -- Conclusion: in defence of philosophy -- Commentary on recent developments.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface to the second edition -- Introduction to the first edition -- Empiricism and positivism in science -- Some problems of empiricism and positivism -- Science, nature and society : some alternatives to empiricism -- Interpretive approaches 1: instrumental rationality -- Interpretive approaches 2: rationality as rule-following: cultures, traditions and hermeneutics -- Interpretive approaches 3: critical rationality -- Critical realism and the social sciences -- Feminism, knowledge, and society -- Post-structuralism and postmodernism -- Conclusion: in defence of philosophy -- Commentary on recent developments.

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