New Philosophy of Social Science: Problems of Indeterminacy - Couverture rigide

Bohman, James

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0745606326 ISBN 13 : 9780745606323

Editeur : Polity Press, 1991

Synopsis

The main argument of this book is that social phenomena are shot through with indetertminacy and open-endedness, and that explanations in research programmes should find ways to deal with the problems that indeterminacy raises. It aims to provide a synthetic treatment of the main issues of the philosophy of social science from a post-empiricist perspective, including causality, rules, interpretation, holism, and social criticism.

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture

Recent philosophy of science has concentrated on the practices and histories of scientific disciplines rather than focusing on confirming the validity of scientific knowledge. New Philosophy of Social Science examines how such an approach might be applied to the social sciences. Its starting point is three recent social science research programmes: rational choice theory, ethnomethodology, and the theory of communicative action.

The book considers many basic problems of the social sciences including the nature of causality, rules, interpretation, and social criticism and provides extensive discussion of current debates. Each problem is solved by reconstructing successful explanations within the research programs, and each reconstruction is presented as a ′pattern′ of explanation.

Revue de presse

′An important and well crafted argument which compels attention.′ Network

′[a] learned and acute survey of the ′new logic of social science′.′ The London Review of Books

′The book is a valuable contribution to the development of post–empiricist and post–structuralist social philosophy which will surely attract much detailed attention.′ Political Studies

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Polity Press
• Date d'édition: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0745606326
• ISBN 13: 9780745606323
• Reliure: Relié
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 278
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible