Method in social science : a realist approach
yhteiskuntatieteet metodi sosiaalitieteet metodologia teoria tieteenfilosofia tutkimusmenetelmät kurssikirja sähkökirjat Social sciences SOCIAL SCIENCE
Taylor & Francis
2006
2nd ed.
EISBN 9780203163603
Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface to the second edition page; Introduction; Knowledge in context Some misconceptions about knowledge; Knowledge, work and communicative interaction; The relationship between subject and object; Some implications of subject-object relations; Versteh; Theory, observation and practical adequacy Knowledge and object; 'Theory'; The conceptual mediation of perception; Sense and reference and the conceptual and the empirical; Truth and practical adequacy; ; Theory and method I: abstraction, structure and cause Abstraction and structural analysis.
Widely praised on its first publication, this second edition directly reflects new developments in the areas of philosophy and method.
Widely praised on its first publication, this second edition directly reflects new developments in the areas of philosophy and method.
