A Realist Philosophy of Social Science - Explanation and Understanding

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.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.06.2006
• EAN: 9780521678582
• ISBN: 978-0-521-67858-2
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 230 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Social Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory