03167nam 2200793Ia 450 991017224390332120200520144314.01-134-64781-61-280-32984-X0-203-26000-70-203-04784-297802032600079786610329847(CKB)1000000000253556(EBL)169438(OCoLC)71348526(SSID)ssj0000308984(PQKBManifestationID)11247668(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000308984(PQKBWorkID)10266727(PQKB)10470349(SSID)ssj0000242066(PQKBManifestationID)11191420(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000242066(PQKBWorkID)10310411(PQKB)10492428(SSID)ssj0000283956(PQKBManifestationID)12114929(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000283956(PQKBWorkID)10250395(PQKB)11689247(MiAaPQ)EBC169438(Au-PeEL)EBL169438(CaPaEBR)ebr10054234(CaONFJC)MIL32984(EXLCZ)99100000000025355619990514d2000 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrScience and social science an introduction /Malcolm Williams1st ed.London ;New York Routledge20001 online resource (184 pages)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-19485-7 0-415-19484-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. [154]-167) and index.Where Did Science Come From? -- Science and Its Method -- Social Science as Science -- Against Science -- Against Science in Social Science -- Science, Objectivity and Ethics -- New Science and New Social Science -- Conclusion: The Science of Social Science.Is social science really a science at all, and if so in what sense? This is the first question that any course on the philosophy of the social sciences must tackle. In this brief introduction, Malcolm Williams gives students the grounding that will enable them to discuss the issues involved with confidence. He looks at: * The historical development of natural science and its distinctive methodology * the case in favour of an objective science of the social which follows the same rules * The arguments of social constructionists, interpretative sociologists and others against objecSocial sciencesMethodologyScienceMethodologySocial sciencesPhilosophySciencePhilosophySocial sciencesMethodology.ScienceMethodology.Social sciencesPhilosophy.SciencePhilosophy.300/.1Williams Malcolm1953-867866MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910172243903321Science and social science1937304UNINA