Fr. 100.00

Realist Philosophy of Social Science - Explanation and Understanding

English · Hardback

Shipping usually within 3 to 5 weeks

Description

Read more

Informationen zum Autor Professor Peter T. Manicas is a Director of Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of Hawai'i, Manoa. Klappentext What is the role of causality in understanding in social science? Professor Manicas brings the idea of causality and the role that it plays in the physical sciences to bear on inquiry in social sciences. The result is an entirely different conception of the task and nature of social science. In this breathtaking volume! Peter T. Manicas offers a reassessment of the problem of explanation from a realist perspective. By offering a host of concrete illustrations and examples of critical ideas this book will greatly appeal to the non-specialist reader. Zusammenfassung Manicas brings the idea of causality and the role that it plays in the physical sciences to bear on inquiry in social sciences. Offering a reassessment of the problem of explanation from a realist perspective! this breathtaking volume! with a host of concrete examples! will appeal to the non-specialist reader. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Explanation and understanding; 2. Theory, experiment and the metaphysics of Laplace; 3. Explanation and understanding in the social sciences; 4. Agents and generative social mechanisms; 5. Social science and history; 6. Markets as social mechanisms.

Product details

Authors Peter Manicas, Peter T. Manicas, Peter T. (University of Hawaii Manicas, Manicas Peter T., Manicas Peter T.
Publisher Cambridge University Press ELT
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 15.06.2006
 
EAN 9780521861403
ISBN 978-0-521-86140-3
No. of pages 236
Subjects Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories

Social Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory

Customer reviews

No reviews have been written for this item yet. Write the first review and be helpful to other users when they decide on a purchase.

Write a review

Thumbs up or thumbs down? Write your own review.

For messages to CeDe.ch please use the contact form.

The input fields marked * are obligatory

By submitting this form you agree to our data privacy statement.