Richard Ned Lebow: Major Texts on Methods and Philosophy of Science

This book about the philosophy of science is the second out of four volumes by Richard Ned Lebow in this book series. It not only provides a useful overview of this broad topic, but also provides deeper insight into specific topics like the philosophy of science causation, epistemology and methods, and especially on counter factual analysis.

List of contents

Introduction.- What Can We Know? How Do We Know.- Social Science as Case-Based Diagnostics.- If Mozart Had Died at Your Age: Psychologic vs. Statistical Inference.- Texts, Paradigms and Political Change.- Constructing Cause in International Relations.

Product details

• Assisted by: Richard Ned Lebow (Editor), Richar Ned Lebow (Editor), Richard Ned Lebow (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2018
• EAN: 9783319820187
• ISBN: 978-3-31-982018-7
• No. of pages: 133
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 8 mm x 235 mm
• Weight: 230 g
• Illustrations: X, 133 p. 11 illus., 8 illus. in color.
• Series: Pioneers in Arts, Humanities, Science, Engineering, Practice; Pioneers in Arts, Humanities, Science, Engineering, Practice
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Soziologie, B, Philosophy of Science, International Relations, biotechnology, Social Sciences, Epistemology, Methodology of the Social Sciences, Social research & statistics, Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Philosophy and science