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The Structure of Social Science - A Philosophical Introduction (Hardcover)
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The Structure of Social Science - A Philosophical Introduction (Hardcover)
Series: Studies in Sociology
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Originally published in 1974, this book provided a most useful
introductory survey of all the major philosophical issues relating
to the social sciences at the time. While it covers a remarkable
amount of ground in a short space, it is never superficial, for its
lucid and careful analysis does full justice to the complexities
and controversies of the subject. Nor is it merely a survey, for,
while putting all points of view with scrupulous fairness, the
author never fails to make clear his own, and to support it with
reasoned argument. The book's basic framework is a comparison of
physical and social science, and in this context the author
examines the problems of the mental aspect of social life, general
laws, the individual and the social, explanation, and the relation
of fact to value. He is far from advocating (as is often done) the
wholesale acceptance or rejection of the 'physical science model'
in the social sciences - rather, he carefully considers the various
elements of the model in relation to the nature of social life. A
noteworthy feature of this book is the philosophical analysis of
statistical correlations and tests of significance, which bulk so
large in the practice of social scientists, yet are all too seldom
discussed in books of this kind. Also of special interest is the
penetrating and original analysis of functionalist explanation in
social science. Students of the social sciences and of philosophy
will find this an admirable introduction to an important aspect of
their respective disciplines.
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