Science and social science : an introduction / / Malcolm Williams
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| Autore: |
Williams Malcolm <1953->
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| Titolo: |
Science and social science : an introduction / / Malcolm Williams
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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2000 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (184 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 300/.1 |
| Soggetto topico: | Social sciences - Methodology |
| Science - Methodology | |
| Social sciences - Philosophy | |
| Science - Philosophy | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [154]-167) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 objec |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Science and social science |
| ISBN: | 1-134-64781-6 |
| 1-280-32984-X | |
| 0-203-26000-7 | |
| 0-203-04784-2 | |
| 9780203260007 | |
| 9786610329847 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910172243903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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