Woodcutters and Witchcraft - Rationality and Interpretive Change in the Social Sciences

Uncovers the methodological principles that govern interpretive change.
Well written and richly illustrated with vivid examples from Wittgenstein's woodcutters to witchcraft in Mexico and elsewhere, this book argues that the underlying methodological principle governing interpretive change is explanatory coherence.

Info autore

Mark W. Risjord is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Emory University.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Mark W Risjord, Mark W. Risjord
• Editore: State University of New York Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 09.03.2000
• EAN: 9780791445112
• ISBN: 978-0-7914-4511-2
• Pagine: 212
• Peso: 408 g
• Serie: SUNY Series in Philosophy; SUNY series in Philosophy; Suny the Philosophy of the Soc
• Categoria: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: dall'antichità ai giorni nostri