A Realist Philosophy of Social Science - Explanation and Understanding

A Realist Philosophy of Social Science:

📁 A Realist Philosophy of Social Science: Explanation and Understanding

✍ Peter T. Manicas 📂 Library 📅 2006 🏛 Cambridge University Press 🌐 English

This introduction to the philosophy of social science provides an original conception of the task and nature of social inquiry. Peter Manicas discusses the role of causality seen in the physical sciences and offers a reassessment of the problem of explanation from a realist perspective. He argues th

Realism, Philosophy and Social Science

📁 Realism, Philosophy and Social Science

✍ Kathryn Dean, Jonathan Joseph, John Roberts, Colin Wight 📂 Library 📅 2006 🏛 Palgrave Macmillan 🌐 English

The authors examine the nature of the relationship between social science and philosophy and address the sort of work social science should do, and the role and sorts of claims that an accompanying philosophy should engage in. In particular, the authors reintroduce the question of ontology, an area

Realism, Philosophy and Social Science

📁 Realism, Philosophy and Social Science

✍ Kathryn Dean, Jonathan Joseph, John Michael Roberts, Colin Wight (auth.) 📂 Library 📅 2006 🏛 Palgrave Macmillan UK 🌐 English

Realism for Realistic People: A New Prag

📁 Realism for Realistic People: A New Pragmatist Philosophy of Science

✍ Hasok Chang 📂 Library 📅 2022 🏛 Cambridge University Press 🌐 English

<span>In this innovative book, Hasok Chang constructs a philosophy of science for 'realistic people' interested in understanding and promoting the actual practices of inquiry in science and other knowledge-focused areas of life. Inspired by pragmatist philosophy, he reconceives the very notions of r

Realism for Realistic People: A New Prag

📁 Realism for Realistic People: A New Pragmatist Philosophy of Science

✍ Hasok Chang 📂 Library 📅 2022 🏛 Cambridge University Press 🌐 English

In this innovative book, Hasok Chang constructs a philosophy of science for 'realistic people' interested in understanding and promoting the actual practices of inquiry in science and other knowledge-focused areas of life. Inspired by pragmatist philosophy, he reconceives the very notions of reality

Realism for Realistic People: A New Prag

📁 Realism for Realistic People: A New Pragmatist Philosophy of Science

✍ Hasok Chang 📂 Library 📅 2022 🏛 Cambridge University Press 🌐 English

<span>In this innovative book, Hasok Chang constructs a philosophy of science for 'realistic people' interested in understanding and promoting the actual practices of inquiry in science and other knowledge-focused areas of life. Inspired by pragmatist philosophy, he reconceives the very notions of r