Understanding Social Science - Couverture rigide

Trigg, Professor Roger

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0631133658 ISBN 13 : 9780631133650

Editeur : Blackwell Publishers, 1985

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

"The first edition of Trigg′s book was already an excellent text in the philosophy of social science. Not only did it strike a high level of philosophical sophistication, but it was unique among such texts in making ideas of Ludwig Wittgenstein fruitful and in approaching the question of objectivity in social inquiry partly through the sociology of knowledge. The new or expanded discussions of perspectivalism, reason, politics, and social reality only make it better." Ted Schatzki, University of Kentucky

"Trigg′s study is a lively and informative introduction to the philosophical issues at the heart of our efforts to either understand or explain social phenomena. He questions naturalistic accounts of social science and argues that the core philosophical assumptions within such inquiry will prove neither innocuous nor dissolve through empirical methods." Robert D′Amico, University of Florida

Quatrième de couverture

In this lucid and engaging analysis of the nature of society, Roger Trigg examines the scientific basis of social science and shows that philosophical presuppositions are a necessary starting point for the study of society.

This second edition contains three new chapters that demonstrate the relationship of the philosophy of social science to politics, and takes into account recent developments including the impact of rational choice theory, and attacks on the possibility of reason by postmodernists.

Themes in the book include the relation of individual to society, the basis of our understanding of other societies, and the character of social reality. Is there such a thing as society? What of the threat of relativism? These and other questions are examined in depth, but with a clarity that introduces the issues to those new to the subject.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Blackwell Publishers
• Date d'édition: 1985
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0631133658
• ISBN 13: 9780631133650
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 234
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• Personne responsable: non disponible