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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777548503321

Autore

Gorton William A. <1966->

Titolo

Karl Popper and the social sciences [[electronic resource] /] / William A.  Gorton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2006

ISBN

0-7914-8221-9

1-4237-5584-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (159 p.)

Collana

SUNY series in the philosophy of the social sciences

Disciplina

300/.92

Soggetti

Social sciences - Methodology

Social sciences - Philosophy

Political science

Economics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-140) and  index.

Nota di contenuto

Popperian situational analysis -- Metaphysics, realism, and situational analysis -- Social laws, the unity of scientific method, and situational analysis -- Situational analysis and economic theory -- Popper's debt to Marx -- The shortcomings of situational analysis.