Nature of Social Science

George C. Homans addresses a number of controversial ideas to his colleagues in the social sciences as he sets about to ask how scientific these sciences are and to discuss their problems. He believes, in fact, that they form a single science, sharing the same subject matter and employing the same body of general explanatory principles. And contrary to the opinion of most scholars, he argues that they do not differ radically from the physical and biological sciences and should become even more like them -- particularly in their "explanations, " or theories. For although the findings of the social sciences are frequently exciting, the work of organizing these findings remains largely undone.
This urbane, clear-eyed book is a challenge to accepted views of social science and a rallying call to its various branches for greater intellectual unity.

Summary

A discussion of the social sciences and of their relation to the physical and biological sciences. Homans believes that these all form a single science, sharing the same subject and explanatory principles.

Product details

• Authors: George Caspar, George C Homans, George C. Homans
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.10.1967
• EAN: 9780156654258
• ISBN: 978-0-15-665425-8
• No. of pages: 109
• Weight: 4531 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE: Sociology / Social Theory *, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Sociology / General, HISTORY: Social History, SCIENCE: Life Sciences / Biology, SCIENCE: Philosophy & Social Aspects, PSYCHOLOGY: Social Psychology, SCIENCE: History, SCIENCE: Life Sciences / Cell Biology, SCIENCE: Life Sciences / Marine Biology, SCIENCE: Life Sciences / Microbiology, SCIENCE: Life Sciences / Developmental Biology