Philosophy of the Social Sciences: Towards Pragmatism

✍ Scribed by Patrick Baert

Publisher: Polity
Year: 2005
Tongue: English
Leaves: 219
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

In this ground-breaking new text, Patrick Baert analyses the central perspectives in the philosophy of social science, critically investigating the work of Durkheim, Weber, Popper, critical realism, critical theory, and Rorty's neo pragmatism.

✦ Subjects

Philosophy;Social Sciences;Pragmatism;Social Theory

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